{"id":155084,"date":"2026-07-24T04:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155084"},"modified":"2026-07-24T04:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T04:00:08","slug":"vatican-and-beijing-agree-on-new-china-bishop-as-ordination-fills-20-year-vacancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155084","title":{"rendered":"Vatican and Beijing agree on new China bishop as ordination fills 20-year vacancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostJoseph Chang Yanfeng was ordained bishop of Chifeng in China\u2019s northern Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Wednesday, highlighting the uneasy diplomatic engagement between Beijing and the Vatican on the sensitive issue of Catholic appointments.<br \/>\nAccording to Vatican News, Pope Leo XIV approved Chang\u2019s appointment on June 15, under the terms of the 2018 provisional agreement between the Holy See and Beijing.<br \/>\nThe ordination fills a vacancy for the Catholic diocese of Chifeng that had lasted nearly&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3361584\/vatican-and-beijing-agree-new-china-bishop-ordination-fills-20-year-vacancy?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostJoseph Chang Yanfeng was ordained bishop of Chifeng in China\u2019s northern Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Wednesday, highlighting the uneasy diplomatic engagement between Beijing&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155084"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155084\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}