UCANews: Father Methodius Qu Ailin will be ordained bishop of Hunan this week, according to local Church sources.
The 51-year-old priest has been approved by Pope Benedict XVI and recognized by the Chinese government, the sources said.
The ceremony is scheduled for April 25 at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception in Changsha city, the capital of southern Hunan province.
Bishop Joseph Li Shan of Beijing, vice president of the government-sanctioned bishops’ conference and a participant in an illicit episcopal ordination in Chengde in 2010, will be the main celebrant, the sources said.
