Anthony Xu Ji-wei (April 2, 1934 – September 25, 2016) was a

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bishop.

Biography

Xu was born in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

in 1934 with ancestral ties to

Ningbo Ningbo (; Ningbonese: ''gnin² poq⁷'' , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ), formerly romanized as Ningpo, is a major sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It comprises 6 urban districts, 2 sate ...

and undertook seminary training from 1948 to 1958. Xu was sentenced to 5 years of hard labour in 1960. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1985, Xu Ji-wei served as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Taizhou The Roman Catholic Diocese of Taizhou/Linhai ( la, Taeceuven(sis), ) is a diocese located in the city of Taizhou, Zhejiang in the Ecclesiastical province of Hangzhou in China. History * August 10, 1926: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Ta ...

, China from 2010 to 2016.Diocese of Linhai
/ref> Xu was provincial director of the

Catholic Patriotic Association The Catholic Patriotic Association (), abbreviated CPA, is a state-sanctioned organization of Catholicism in the People's Republic of China. It was established in 1957 after a group of Chinese Catholics met in Beijing with officials from the Chi ...

and member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC.

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