The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-07-11
Bishops
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In dOpeH province, are llStcu ny
the Vatican yearbook as being
vacant Sees. But Suanhwa and
Siwantze have Legitimate bish-
ops, with the latter's Bishop
Melchior Chang listed as being
in Jail for the FAITH.
The Red news source said that
the Sienhsiem ceremony was at
tended by more than so mem
bers of the Catholic clergy from
IA dioceses. 1t gave the follow
ing description:
an accordance with the
conservation rites conducted
in the Catholic Church, Bish-
op chao chens-shsns first put
ths book Of Scriptures on the
shoulder OF each Of ths four
new bishops, then anointed The
head Of each Of them and fin
ally conferred erosier and ring
on each Of the c~onsecrsfsd
Bishops.
Following the ceremony the
four new bishops gave benedic.
ton to over 600 participants,
The latter by turn kissed the
rings of the newly consecrated
bishops.
"A meeting in celebration OF
the election and conservation OF
the bishops by the Catholic
Church in China was held in
the church of Sienhsien under
the auspices of the Hopei pro-
vincial Catholic Patriotic Asso'
citation.
"Congratulatory speeches
were delivered to the meeting
by Bishop Chao Cheng-sheng;
by Kao-chein, assistant secretary
general of the secretariat of the
National Catholic Patriotic As
ISOLATION, and Wang Chi-Wei,
secretary general of the secre'
tariat of the Hopei provincial
Catholic Patriotic Association.
The newspaper account con
cluded with the statement that
the celebration closed amid loud
cheers urging the gathering to
"resolutely" cut off all relations
with the Vatican" and to "firm,
ly carry out the guiding prin,
ciple independence and self-ad.
ministration of the Catholic
Church"
Meanwhile, several Catho-
lie sources here have received
what seem to be reliable re-
ports from Red China Of The
conservation Of four other
ELECTED" bishops by Arch
bishop P'i Of Mvkdsn for the
schismstic patriotic Associs.
tion Of Chinese Catholics
The information - message!
and reports brought here b,
individuals and still incomplete
Indicates that the Mukder
Archbishop consecrated Fathers
Charles Lii and Teng Ven-lunt
for the Diocese of Tsaochow ant
the Tsinan archdiocese. Boil
Sees have been vacant. Neithel
the names of the other two bish
ops nor their Sees have beer
available here.
If the reported new consecra
lions are true, and if they wer'
carried out without Vatican ap
proval, it would bring the mum
Der of schismatic bishops in Rec
China to 10.
It was on April Is that Bishop
Joseph Ii of Puchi consecratet
the two priests elected" by tn,
so-called Patriotic Association
for the Wuchang and Hankoy
Sees. At that time, the Vatican
refusal to approve the consecrs
ton was know to all concerne'
prior to the ceremony.
On the heels Of the reporte
new CONSIDERATIONS come report
that candidates for episcop,
consecration have been chose
for five other Sees. They ar
Nanking, who Archbishop Pa,
Yu Pin is in exile in the Unite
States; Suchow, where Massacl
~usetts-born Bishop Philip Cot
ST., was jailed and then expel
ed, the vacant Hangchow arc
diocese; Shanghai. deprived
its pastor since the imprisol
e ment Of Bishop Ignatius Kur
!, in September, 1855, and CantoI
S where the Apostolic Admir-
strator, Bishop Dominic Tan
S. J., was jailed last February.