He was ordained as the auxiliary bishop of Shanghai on July 7, and on July 8 Chinese Catholics discovered that he was missing when he didn’t show for his first Sunday Mass as Bishop.
Bishop Ma Daqin is now said to be in a “period of rest” at Sheshan seminary, where he first studied to be a priest. These reports have proven false, though, and most suspect the state intervened after the bishop hinted that he would resign from the State controlled Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association during his ordination Mass.
Pray for Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin’s life and safety, and pray also for religious freedom in China.
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