Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Changsha)

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
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
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chángshā Shèngmǔ Wúrǎn Yuánzuì Zhǔjiàozuòtáng

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Traditional Chinese	長沙天主堂
Simplified Chinese	长沙天主堂
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chángshā Tiānzhǔtáng

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

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.

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

• Qu Ailin (simplified Chinese: 屈蔼林; traditional Chinese: 屈藹林), born in May 1961, in Hengyang of Hunan province.^[1][2]

References

1. 天主教湖南教区主教祝圣典礼在长沙隆重举行 (in Chinese). Rednet. Retrieved 2012.
2. 天主教湖南教区主教祝圣典礼在长沙隆重举行 (in Chinese). Xinhua News. Retrieved 2012.

See also

• List of cathedrals in China

External links

Coordinates: 28°12′39″N 112°58′45″E / 28.210766°N 112.979254°E