Francis An Shuxin (; born 16 July 1949) is a Chinese Catholic prelate who has served as de facto Bishop of Baoding since 2010.
Episcopacy Shuxin received consecration by Bishop Peter Liu Guandong on May 2, 1993, as the Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding Diocese. He was then a member of the underground Chinese Catholic community, which rejects the government's Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.
Shuxin was arrested on October 8, 1997, by the Chinese government, along with Su Zhi-Min.Mgr Francis An Shuxin released after 10 years , AsiaNews, August 26, 2007. Retrieved August 13, 2007USCIRF Welcomes Release of Roman Catholic Bishop An Shuxin , press release U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, August 30, 2006. Retrieved August 13, 2007. He was released in 2006.
He was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Baoding in 2007, joining the government-sanctioned CCPA. His joining the state-sanctioned church antagonized many in the "underground" community who had previously viewed him as a key figure of resistance.
With the consent of the government, he was installed as Bishop of Baoding on August 7, 2010.
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