Posted on 05/26/2017 6:34:44 PM PDT by marshmallow
Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou was summoned to the religious bureau and has not returned.
A Vatican-approved bishop has been detained by Chinese officials for the fourth time since he was confirmed Bishop of Wenzhou last September.
Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou in Zhejiang province was detained May 18, a month after he was briefly locked up during Holy Week.
Bishop Shao has been placed under detention or removed from the diocese four times since he automatically succeeded Bishop Vincent Zhu Weifang, his predecessor, who died in September 2016.
On this occasion, Bishop Shao, who is not recognized by the Chinese government, was summoned to the religious bureau and has not returned, according to a church source in Wenzhou.
"Public security conveyed a message from the bishop on May 22 requesting a backpack and a bottle of sacramental wine. That means he is likely to be taken far away and will not return home soon," said the source who asked not to be named.
His last detention on April 12 lasted five days to deter him from celebrating Chrism Mass and Easter for the first time as head of the diocese.
Bishop Shao was also taken to far-flung Qinghai province twice in 2016 to prevent him from presiding over the funeral of Bishop Zhu and Bishop Xu Jiwei of neighboring Taizhou Diocese, also in Zhejiang.
He is not the only Vatican-approved bishop to be detained by the state this year.
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Who turned him in to the communists?
Bergoglio?
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