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Yi Chang (Agenzia Fides) – Three dioceses of the Province of Hu Bei have gathered the fruits of the Year for Priests, ordaining 5 new priests. On the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, June 29, at the Cathedral of the Diocese of the Yi Chang, in the Province of Hu Bei, 5 deacons belonging to the Dioceses of Yi Chang, Ji Zhou, and Xiang Fan were ordained priests. According to information sent to Fides, Bishop Lu Shou Wang, Bishop Ordinary of the Diocese of Yi Chang (anointed with the approval of the Holy See) presided over the solemn celebration with ninety concelebrants. Over 500 faithful and many religious took part in the ceremony, along with relatives and friends of the new priests. Except for one, who studied at the Seminary of Shaan Xi, the other four newly ordained priests were all formed in the seminary of Zhong Nan (south-central China). According to a priest of the Diocese of Yi Chang, with these new priests, the diocese now has 22 priests, 11 religious, and 16 parishes serving about 20,000 faithful. (NZ) (Agenzia Fides 02/07/2010)
