Seven dioceses to ordain elected bishops

BEIJING - At least seven dioceses on the Chinese mainland will ordain their elected bishops when "conditions are right", a leading bishop said.

Joseph Guo Jincai, vice-chairman of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, told China Daily that local churches are preparing for the consecrations of the bishops-designate in the seven dioceses.

Guo, 43, is also the bishop of Chengde Diocese in Hebei province. He did not provide a timetable for the ordinations because preliminary work is "complicated and involves various parties".