Bishop Yang Xiaoting being ordained Holding degrees from US and pontifical universities, Father John Baptist Yang Xiaoting, 46, was ordained coadjutor bishop of Yan'an (Yulin) diocese on July 15 with both papal approval and government recognition.
The new bishop obtained a doctorate from a pontifical university in 1999, the first mainland priest to attain such a qualification since religious activities were revived in the late 1970s.
Bishop Louis Yu Runchen of Hanzhong presided over the ordination, which took place at the rural Xiaoqiaopan church, Jingbian county in the presence of seven Vatican-approved bishops.
http://www.ucanews.com/2010/07/15/china-bishop-with-pontifical-doctorate-ordained-in-yanan/
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