Michael Fu Tieshan

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Michael Fu Tieshan

Bishop Michael Fu Tieshan
Born November 3, 1931
Qingyuan County, Hebei Province, China
Died April 20, 2007
Beijing, China
Occupation Chairman of Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Fu (傅).
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Bishop Michael Fu Tieshan (Simplified Chinese: 傅铁山, Traditional Chinese: 傅鐵山; November 3, 1931 - April 20, 2007) of Beijing was the top leader of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.

Fu was born in Hebei province. He served as a priest, and in 1979 was made a bishop by Beijing. The appointment lacked the approval of the pope. He was appointed chairman of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association in 1998. He was acting president of the government-recognized Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church in China. He was named vice chairman of the standing committee of the National People's Congress, China's legislature, in 2003.

Fu died in Beijing Hospital from lung cancer. His death was announced in Beijing by the Xinhua news agency.

Anthony Liu Bainian, vice chairman of the Patriotic Association, told UCA News, an Asian church news agency, that Fu wanted to "see his priests, whom he hasn't met for a long time" due to his long illness.

He was succeeded by Joseph Li Shan.

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Persondata
NAME Tieshan, Michael Fu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Chairman of Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Qingyuan County, Hebei Province, China
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 2007
PLACE OF DEATH Beijing, China
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