St. Joseph's Cathedral, Chongqing

For other places with the same name, see St. Joseph's Cathedral.
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Chongqing
The cathedral in the 1920s
Map
Location1 St Joseph Lane, 272 Minsheng Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing
CountryChina
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusCathedral
Founder(s)Paris Foreign Missions Society
DedicationSaint Joseph
Architecture
Functional statusActive
StyleGothic Revival
Groundbreaking1879
Completed1891 (cathedral)
1893 (bell tower)
Administration
ArchdioceseChongqing
Clergy
Bishop(s)Sede vacante

The Cathedral of St Joseph[a] is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Chongqing, situated on St Joseph Lane, Minsheng Road in Yuzhong District of the city of Chongqing, West China.[1] It has been subjected to the control of the state-sanctioned Catholic Patriotic Association since 1957.

History

The cathedral was built in the late 19th century by French missionaries of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.[2] The construction started in 1879 and was completed in 1891, a bell tower was added to the building in 1893.[3][4] It has a square tower with a clock and is covered in ivy.

  • The cathedral tower in 2015
    The cathedral tower in 2015
  • The ivy-covered cathedral in 2013
    The ivy-covered cathedral in 2013
  • Interior view in the 1920s
    Interior view in the 1920s

See also

Notes

  1. ^ simplified Chinese: 圣若瑟主教座堂; traditional Chinese: 聖若瑟主敎座堂; Sichuanese romanization: Shen4 Ro5 Se4 Chu3 Chiao4 Tso4 Tʽang2; or simply 若瑟堂.

References

  1. ^ "Cathedral of St. Joseph". TheCatholicDirectory.com. Retrieved 26 September 2014.>
  2. ^ "Churches in Chongqing: Cathedral of St Joseph (圣若瑟主教座堂)". Maxxelli. 8 April 2011. Archived from the original on 2015-12-09. Retrieved 26 September 2014.
  3. ^ Zhang, Thomas (8 September 2011). "为什么重庆教区有五座百年教堂？" [Why are there five century-old churches in the Archdiocese of Chongqing?]. Faith Weekly (in Simplified Chinese). Shijiazhuang. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  4. ^ Liu, WenMing (9 December 2004). "The Catholic Church in ChongQing City, the City of Heaven". Faith Weekly. Translated by Li, Ma. Shijiazhuang. Archived from the original on 19 January 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

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