The Vatican has secretly elected a new delegate in China, reports say. Officially, the Croatian Monsignor Ante Jozic works with the nunciature in the Philippines, though he lives in Hong Kong and acts as a link between the Holy See and the dioceses in China, said the agency that specialises in news from the Vatican, the Bangkok Post says.
He has been presented to the Chinese authorities as the new head of the Holy See Study Mission in Hong Kong, replacing Irishman Martin Nugent, the paper says citing an i.media report.
Nugent headed the mission since 2001 but only visited mainland China once after he was refused two other visa applications.
Diplomatic relations between China and the Holy See were broken in 1951, two years after the Communists came to power.
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