Sacred Heart Cathedral, Yangzhou

In 1873, French Jesuit priest Henri Le Lec (刘德耀) came to Yangzhou, Jiangsu, buying a land to build a church.[1] The construction project of the church was launched in 1973 and was completed in 1875.[1] French Jesuit and missionary Adrien Languillat consecrated the church on 1 January 1876.[1]

In 1949, the Roman Curia set up the Apostolic Prefecture of Yangzhou and the church services as the cathedral since then.[1] In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broke out, the bell tower and Crucifixion were removed and the altar was smashed by the Red Guards.[1] And the church was used as factory floor.[1] The church was officially reopened to the public in 1982.[1] It was renovated and refurbished in 1985.[1] In April 1995, it was designated as a provincial cultural relic preservation organ by the Jiangsu government.[1]

The church faces east in the west with a Gothic Revival architecture style, covering an area of 357-square-metre (3,840 sq ft).[1] It has two 17-metre (56 ft) high bell towers.[1]