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VATICAN CITY - Chinese authorities have appointed a new bishop to Shanghai, the largest Roman Catholic diocese in China, the Vatican said on Tuesday (April 4), in an apparent violation of a bilateral pact between the two states. The Holy See was informed "a few days ago" of the decision by China to transfer Bishop Shen Bin from Haimen, in.