St. Anthony's Catholic Church (Shenzhen)

St. Anthony's Catholic Church (Chinese: 天主教深圳圣安多尼堂) is a Roman Catholic church in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.[1]

St. Anthony's Catholic Church
天主教深圳圣安多尼堂
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
St. Anthony's Catholic Church is located in Guangdong
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Location in Guangdong
St. Anthony's Catholic Church is located in China
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
St. Anthony's Catholic Church (China)
22°33′02″N 114°01′15″E
LocationFutian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong
CountryChina
DenominationRoman Catholic
Websitewww.szsadn.com
History
StatusParish church
Founded1998 (1998)
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeChurch building
GroundbreakingApril 1998
CompletedDecember 2001
Specifications
Floor area3,944.8 m2 (0.0015231 sq mi)
MaterialsGranite
Administration
ProvinceGuangdong
ArchdioceseShenzhen
DioceseShenzhen
Clergy
Priest(s)Zhang Tianlu (张天路)
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Traditional Chinese天主教深圳聖安多尼堂
Simplified Chinese天主教深圳圣安多尼堂

History

The church building covers an area of 3,944.8 square metres (0.9748 acres), and is located along Nonglin Road, Futian District, Shenzhen. The foundation of the church was laid in April 1998, and the church was completed in December 2001. Building the church took three years and eight months. The design of St. Anthony's Catholic Church aims to symbolize the spirit of Catholicism in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. The construction of the church required the efforts of a large number of Catholics.[2]

St. Anthony's Catholic Church is an international parish, which each Sunday at 11:00am provides the Holy Mass in English for Catholics from overseas who live and work in Shenzhen.

Parish

The church has four Sunday Masses (主日弥撒), at 9:00 am on Sunday, and 11:00 am on Sunday (English), and 7:00pm on Sunday(English), and 7:00 pm on Saturday. It also has weekday Masses (平日弥撒) at 7:00am from Monday to Saturday.

Transportation

List of priest

Took officeLeft officeNameNative nameNotes
December 1993December 2002Ren Lijun任力军
December 2002December 2004Yang Ke杨科
December 2004December 2007Han Wensheng韩文生
December 2007December 2011Zhang Tianlu张天路
February 2011April 2016Feng Guoxin冯国新
April 2016October 2019Liu Yongbin刘永斌
December 2019Zhang Tianlu张天路

References

  1. 深圳三大特色教堂-你必须知道. Sohu (in Chinese). 2015-09-25. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09.
  2. "Introduction of St. Anthony's Catholic Church of Shenzhen". Official website. 2016-01-03. Archived from the original on 2016-07-01. Retrieved 2016-06-28.
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