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Church in Hunan, China From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception | |
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长沙圣母无染原罪主教座堂 | |
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception | |
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 |
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception | |||||||
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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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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception | |||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 長沙天主堂 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 长沙天主堂 | ||||||
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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.
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