About Anthony Xu Jiwei
Lived 1935 – 2016 (aged 81). Anthony Xu Jiwei was a Chinese catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Anthony Xu Ji-wei (April 2, 1934 – September 25, 2016) was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Biography Xu was born in Shanghai in 1934 with ancestral ties to Ningbo 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, China from 2010 to 2016.
Xu was provincial director of the Catholic Patriotic Association and member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC.
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Chinese Catholic priest (1935–2016)
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Anthony Xu Jiwei was born on 2 April 1935 in Shanghai.
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Anthony Xu Jiwei died on 25 September 2016.
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Anthony Xu Jiwei was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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