Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan

Peter Joseph Fan Xueyan (; December 29, 1907 – April 13, 1992) was a Chinese Roman Catholic priest and bishop who lived in China during the 20th century. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baoding.

Biography Fan was born in 1907.

Fan studied in Rome where he was ordained a priest in 1934. The patriotic church operates with approval of Chinese authorities and the underground church which emphasizes loyalty to the pope. (it was alleged he had had contacts with the Vatican and was secretly ordaining priests in his diocese).

In 1980 and 1981, Fan consecrated bishops for the underground church in China without Vatican approval. His body was found to have had broken bones and other injuries that may have resulted from torture. He may have been the longest-serving prisoner of conscience in the world.