Peter Lin Jiashan

Peter Lin Jiashan (Chinese: 林家善,^[1] 2 September 1934 – 14 April 2023) was the third China-recognized Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou, China.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

The Most Reverend Peter Lin Jiashan
Archbishop of Fuzhou
Archdiocese	Fuzhou
See	Fuzhou
Appointed	9 June 2020
Installed	9 June 2020
Term ended	14 April 2023
Predecessor	John Shu-dao Yang
Successor	Vacant
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Bishop of Fuzhou (1997–2010)
Orders
Ordination	11 May 1981
Consecration	7 August 1987 by John Yang Shudao
Personal details
Born	(1934-09-02)2 September 1934
Died	14 April 2023(2023-04-14) (aged 88)
Nationality	Chinese
Denomination	Roman Catholic
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Early life

Lin was born on 2 September 1934.^[4]

Priesthood

Lin was ordained a priest on 11 May 1981.^[4]

Episcopate

Peter was consecrated a bishop on 13 July 1997 by Archbishop John Yang Shudao and was appointed coadjutor bishop of Archdiocese of Fuzhou.^[4] On 28 August 2010 he succeeded as Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou^[4] but never appointed or recognized by the government. He was recognized as a bishop in 2016 by the Holy See, but not by the Chinese government. He had been part of the underground Church because of which in the 1980s he had been sentenced to ten years of forced labor. Finally, because of the Sino-Vatican provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops he was approved and appointed archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Fuzhou in a state-sanctioned ceremony at Holy Rosary Church in Fuzhou on 9 June 2020.^{[4][5][9][6][10][11]}