Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Changsha)

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
长沙圣母无染原罪主教座堂
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Location in Hunan Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (China)
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 (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
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

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.

See also

• List of cathedrals in China