Joseph Liu Xinhong (

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: 刘新红,

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: 劉新紅) is the

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-sponsored Bishop of

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. As a layman, he was considered the strongman of the

, whose deputy chairman he was. This association was established in 1957 to oppose relations with Rome. Consecrated as bishop in 2006 without pontifical mandate, he was automatically

excommunicated Excommunication is an institutional act of religious censure used to end or at least regulate the communion of a member of a congregation with other members of the religious institution who are in normal communion with each other. The purpose ...

. On September 22, 2018,

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lifted the excommunication of Joseph Liu Xinhong and other six bishops previously appointed by the Chinese government without a pontifical mandate.press.vatican.va
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