BEIJING -- China's official Catholic church on Wednesday installed a bishop without Vatican approval _ the second in three days _ as the two sides seek to re-establish ties severed after communists took control of China in 1949.
The Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association ordained Liu Xinhong as bishop at the St. Joseph's Church in the eastern province of Anhui.
A man who answered the phone at the church said the ceremony, which several hundred attended, had been completed. He hung up when asked for his name.
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