Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Ürümqi

The Immaculate Conception Cathedral [1] (Chinese: 无染原罪圣母主教座堂) also called Ürümqi Cathedral is a religious building located in the city of Ürümqi[2] (Urumchi), capital of the Xinjiang Autonomous Region, in the northwest part of China.

Immaculate Conception Cathedral
无染原罪圣母主教座堂
43.7882°N 87.6216°E / 43.7882; 87.6216
LocationÜrümqi
CountryChina
DenominationRoman Catholic Church

The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the mother and main church of the apostolic prefecture of Sinkiang (Praefectura Apostolica Sinkiangensis, 天主教新疆监牧区) which was created as a mission sui juris by the apostolic brief Decet Romanum Pontificem by the Pope Pius XI in 1930 and obtained its current status in 1938.

It is under the pastoral responsibility of Bishop Paul Xie Ting-zhe (謝庭哲).

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