A new archbishop of Chongqing was consecrated in China on Tuesday after Pope Leo XIV appointed him on July 28 within the framework of the controversial Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and China.
Vatican News confirmed the pope approved the episcopal ordination of Andrea Ding Yang. According to a local report, this followed his previous election by the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA) on April 15.
Archbishop Joseph Li Shan of Beijing, chairman of the CCPA, presided at the consecration.
Chongqing had lacked a Holy See-recognized bishop since 2001.
Born in 1981 in Chongqing, Ding was ordained in 2007 and studied in Beijing, Macao, and spent one graduate year in Rome at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross from 2014 to 2015.
Ding is reportedly the eighth bishop approved by Pope Leo and the 18th bishop ordained or recognized since the 2018 Provisional Agreement, including seven new bishops who have been ordained since Leo XIV’s election in May 2025.
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