Anthony Xu Ji-wei

Anthony Xu Ji-wei (April 2, 1934 – September 25, 2016) was a Roman Catholic bishop.

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.[1]

Xu was provincial director of the Patriotic Catholic Association and member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC.

Notes
  1. Diocese of Linhai



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