Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Changsha)
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is a 20th-century English Gothic revival church that serves as the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Changsha. It is located in the Xiangchun Street, Kaifu District of Changsha, Hunan, China.
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长沙圣母无染原罪主教座堂 | |
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| 28°12′39″N 112°58′45″E | |
| Location | Xiangchun Street, Huangxing North Road, Changsha, Hunan |
| Country | China |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Founded | 1902 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Weng Mingde |
| Architectural type | Church building |
| Style | Gothic Revival architecture |
| Years built | 1902 |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Changsha |
| Diocese | Changsha |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Qu Ailin |
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| Traditional Chinese | 長沙聖母無染原罪主教座堂 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 长沙圣母无染原罪主教座堂 | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 長沙天主堂 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 长沙天主堂 | ||||||
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History
It was built in 1902, in the late Qing Dynasty, by Weng Mingde (Chinese: 翁明德), who was an Italian Franciscan missionary, and was destroyed by chaos in 1910. Then it was rebuilt in 1911.
In 2002, it was listed as a "Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the Provincial Level" by the Hunan government.
In December 2008, the church celebrated its first one hundred years.
Bishop
See also
References
- 天主教湖南教区主教祝圣典礼在长沙隆重举行. Rednet (in Chinese). 2012.
- 天主教湖南教区主教祝圣典礼在长沙隆重举行. Xinhua News (in Chinese). 2012. Archived from the original on April 28, 2012.
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