The prelate will be relocating from Zhoucun, in northern Shandong province, it added.
The
appointment follows a landmark accord the Vatican first struck with
China in 2018, renewing it for a further two years in 2022, over the
appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in the communist country.
The
deal was an attempt to ease a longstanding divide across mainland China
between an underground flock loyal to the pope and a state-backed
official church.
For the first time since the 1950s, both sides recognised the pope as supreme leader of the Catholic Church.
Conservative
Catholics have criticised the bishops' deal as a sellout to communist
China, but the Vatican has defended it as an imperfect means to have
some form of dialogue with the
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin
said last month the Vatican would like to establish a permanent office
in China in what would be a major upgrade of diplomatic relations with
Beijing.