Joseph Fan Zhongliang

Joseph Fan Zhongliang S.J. (; 18 December 1918 – 16 March 2014), also known as Josephus Vei Zong Leong, was a Chinese Roman Catholic bishop in the Diocese of Shanghai in China.

Life Fan was born in 1918. His family was not Christian. however at the next consistory in 2001 it would be revealed that the cardinals were Marian Jaworski and Jānis Pujāts.

Later, the Chinese Communist Party named Aloysius Jin Luxian, SJ as the Bishop of Shanghai, causing a rift in the Church. Both bishops were advanced in years, and due to a change in the political climate in the People's Republic of China, decided to work together. They, with the support of the Vatican and the Church in the region, chose a candidate to succeed them. This was Joseph Xing Wenzhi, who was named by the bishopric as auxiliary bishop on 28 June 2005.

Upon the death of Bishop Jin in April 2013, the Holy See hinted that Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin has changed from being the Auxiliary Bishop of Shanghai to the Coadjutor Bishop. However, the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association continued to deny the validity of Bishop Fan and stripped Bishop Ma of his title as of December 2012, thereby observing a sede vacante in Shanghai, until the Chinese government transferred the Bishop of Haimen, Msgr Joseph Shen Bin, to the Diocese of Shanghai, without the Pope's approval, in 2023.