Peter Lin Jiashan ( zh, 林家善, 2 September 1934 – 14 April 2023) was the third China-recognized Catholic Archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou ( la, Fuceuven(sis), ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Fuzhou in China. History * 1680: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Fujian from the Apostolic Vicariate of Cochin * October 3, 1883: ...

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Early life

Lin was born on 2 September 1934.

Priesthood

Lin was ordained a priest on 11 May 1981.

Episcopate

Peter was consecrated a bishop on 13 July 1997 by Archbishop John Yang Shudao and was appointed coadjutor bishop of Archdiocese of Fuzhou. On 28 August 2010 he succeeded as Archbishop of the

but never appointed or recognized by the government. He was recognized as a bishop in 2016 by the

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, but not by the Chinese government. He had been part of the

underground Church The term underground church () is used to refer to Chinese Catholic churches in the People's Republic of China which have chosen not to associate with the state-sanctioned Catholic Patriotic Association, they are also called ''loyal church'' (). U ...

because of which in the 1980s he had been sentenced to ten years of forced labor. Finally, because of the Sino-Vatican provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops he was approved and appointed archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou in a state-sanctioned ceremony at Holy Rosary Church in Fuzhou on 9 June 2020.

References

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