Pope Leo XIV appoints new Chinese bishop for Archdiocese of Fuzhou
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Pope Leo XIV speaks at a Wednesday audience with the public on June 11, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNAVatican City, Jun 11, 2025 / 09:12 am (CNA).Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Joseph Lin Yuntuan as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Fuzhou in China, the Holy See announced on Wednesday.The Vatican credited the Sino-Vatican deal, signed in September 2019 and renewed for a third time in October 2024, for Lin Yuntuan's June 5 appointment.The Vatican announced "the recognition of the civil effects and the taking of possession of the office of Monsignor Joseph Lin Yuntuan." The announcement said the Holy Father made the appointment "in the framework of the dialogue regarding the application of the provisional agreement between the Holy See and the People's Republic of China."Lin Yuntuan, 73, was ordained a priest for the Fuzhou Archdiocese, located in China's Fujian Province, in 1984 after completing four years of studies in the local seminary. He was clandestinely consecr...
Pope Leo XIV speaks at a Wednesday audience with the public on June 11, 2025. / Credit: Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Vatican City, Jun 11, 2025 / 09:12 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Joseph Lin Yuntuan as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Fuzhou in China, the Holy See announced on Wednesday.
The Vatican credited the Sino-Vatican deal, signed in September 2019 and renewed for a third time in October 2024, for Lin Yuntuan's June 5 appointment.
The Vatican announced "the recognition of the civil effects and the taking of possession of the office of Monsignor Joseph Lin Yuntuan." The announcement said the Holy Father made the appointment "in the framework of the dialogue regarding the application of the provisional agreement between the Holy See and the People's Republic of China."
Lin Yuntuan, 73, was ordained a priest for the Fuzhou Archdiocese, located in China's Fujian Province, in 1984 after completing four years of studies in the local seminary. He was clandestinely consecrated a bishop in 2017.
From 1984 to 1994 and 1996 to 2002, Lin Yuntuan was appointed parish priest for several parishes spread across the Fuzhou Archdiocese.
Other roles he held include a teaching role at the Fuzhou seminary in 1985, two terms as deputy director of the diocesan economic commission from 1994 to 1996 and 2000 to 2003, and as diocesan administrator from 2003 and 2007.
Prior to his clandestine consecration as bishop in 2017, Lin Yuntuan served as apostolic administrator of Fuzhou from 2013 to 2016.
Archbishop Joseph Cai Bing-rui currently leads the metropolitan Archdiocese of Fuzhou, which was erected in 1946.
Globally, 84 new bishops have been elected in 2025. To date, Pope Leo XIV has appointed 15 new bishops in Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and the U.S.
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