Pope confirms second Chinese bishop in a week under Vatican-Beijing agreement

Father Francis Xavier Duan Yongkun was ordained Wednesday as coadjutor bishop of Bameng in China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region after being appointed by Pope Leo XIV on June 15 under the provisional agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China.Duan’s episcopal ordination was the second connected to appointments made public by the Vatican within the space of a week.The pope also appointed Father Joseph Chang Yanfeng as the new bishop of Chifeng, another diocese in Inner Mongolia,…