Cathedral of Our Lady, Shuozhou

The Cathedral of Our Lady, Shuozhou (Chinese: 朔州主教座堂; pinyin: Shuòzhōu Zhǔjiàozuòtáng) is the cathedral of Shuozhou in Shanxi, China.

Cathedral of Our Lady, Shuozhou
朔州主教座堂
Cathedral of Our Lady, Shuozhou in 2011
Cathedral of Our Lady, Shuozhou Location in Shanxi
39°19′21″N 112°25′54″E
Location	Shuocheng District, Shuozhou, Shanxi, China
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1913 (1913)
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Church building
Style	Gothic architecture
Groundbreaking	1998
Completed	2000 (reconstruction)
Specifications
Materials	Granite, bricks
Administration
Diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Shuozhou

History

The Cathedral of Our Lady was originally built in 1913 with a Gothic architecture style. Since 1946, it was successively occupied by the He Long No.3 Middle School, Suimeng Military District and Shuo County Normal School.

The bell tower was smashed by the Red Guards during the ten-year Cultural Revolution. The Cathedral of Our Lady was returned to the church in 1996. Renovations and rebuilding to the cathedral began in 1998 and were completed in July 2000.

Architecture

The Cathedral of Our Lady is located in the west and faces the east with a Gothic architecture style. It is 40-metre (130 ft) long, 16-metre (52 ft) wide and 12-metre (39 ft) high. It has two 32.8-metre (108 ft) high bell towers.

Gallery

The southeast

The southwest

Bell tower

Further reading

• Kejia, Yan (1 January 2004). Catholic Church in China [中国天主教]. ISBN 9787508505992.
• Ping, Liu (1 August 2014). 中国天主教艺术简史 [Brief History of Chinese Catholic Art] (in Chinese). Beijing: China Fortune Press. ISBN 9787504751430.