ASIA/CHINA - Appointment of auxiliary bishop of Fuzhou

Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Today, Wednesday 11 June 2025, the recognition of the civil effects and the taking of possession of the office of Msgr. Joseph Lin Yuntuan, whom the Holy Father, in the framework of the dialogue regarding the application of the Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China, appointed on 5 June 2025 as auxiliary bishop of Fuzhou (Fujian Province, China), took place.
Msgr. Joseph Lun Yuntuan was born in Fuqing, Fujian, on 12 March 1952. From 1979 to 1983 he attended the diocesan seminary of Fuzhou. He was ordained a priest on 9 April 1984. From 1984 to 1994 and again from 1996 to 2002 he held the office of parish priest in various parishes in the diocese. In 1985 he also held the role of teacher in the diocesan seminary. From 1994 to 1996, and then from 2000 to 2003, he held the office of deputy director of the diocesan Economic Commission. At the same time, for several years, he was episcopal delegate. From 2003 to 2007 he held the office of diocesan administrator, while in the subsequent period, until 2013, he assisted the Apostolic Administrator of the circumscription as his delegate. From 2013 to 2016 he then performed the ministry of Apostolic Administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis. He received episcopal ordination on 28 December 2017. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 11/6/2025)

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