ASIA/CHINA - Appointment of Bishop of Shanghai

Saturday, 15 July 2023

CHINA

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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Bishop Joseph Shen Bin as bishop of Shanghai, in continental China, transferring him from the diocese of Haimen, province of Jiangsu.

Bishop Joseph Shen Bin was born on 23 February 1970 in Qidong, in the province of Jiangsu. After carrying out his studies in philosophy Sheshan, Shanghai, and in theology in Beijing, he was ordained a priest on 1 November 1996. He then carried out his pastoral ministry in the diocese of Haimen, first as parish vicar, in the parish of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, then as vicar general, and finally as parish priest in the parish of Mother of God. On 17 April 2010 he was appointed to the see of Haimen, with the consent of the two parties, and on the following 21 April he received episcopal consecration. Since 2022, Bishop Shen Bin is also president of the entity known as the “College of Chinese Catholic Bishops”. (Agenzia Fides, 15/7/2023)