Bishop Michael Fu Tieshan (Simplified Chinese: 傅铁山, Traditional Chinese: 傅鐵山; November 3, 1931 – April 20, 2007) of Beijing was a top leader of the Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA).
In 1931, Fu was born[1]: 57 in Qingyuan County, Hebei province. As a youth, he entered minor seminary.[1]: 57 In 1956, he was ordained a priest.[1]: 56
From 1963 to 1966, he studied at Red Flag University in Beijing.[1]: 57
The historical record is unclear on Fu's experience during the Cultural Revolution.[1]: 57 At some point, Fu married.[1]: 57
In 1979 was made a bishop by Beijing.[2] He was the first state-appointed bishop since the Cultural Revolution.[1]: 96 The appointment lacked the approval of the pope.[2]
In 1981, Fu was a part of the first delegation that the CCPA sent to an international meeting, attending an ecumenical meeting organised by the Canadian Council of Churches.[1]: 88
He was appointed chairman of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association in 1998.[2] 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.[2]
Fu died in Beijing Hospital from lung cancer.[2] His death was announced in Beijing by the Xinhua news agency.[2]
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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