St. Joseph's Church, Jinan

St. Joseph's Church, Jinan (Chinese: 济南圣约瑟堂), locally known as St. Joseph's Church, Chenjialou (陈家楼圣若瑟堂), is an early 20th-century Gothic Catholic church in Tianqiao District of Jinan, Shandong, China.

St. Joseph's Church, Jinan
济南圣若瑟堂
St. Joseph's Church, Jinan in 2018
St. Joseph's Church, Jinan Location in Shandong
36°40′51″N 117°00′35″E
Location	Tianqiao District, Jinan, Shandong, China
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1660 (1660)
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Church building
Style	Gothic architecture
Completed	1907 (reconstruction)
Specifications
Materials	Granite
Administration
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jinan
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	济南圣约瑟堂
Traditional Chinese	濟南聖約瑟堂
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jǐnán Shèngyuēsè Táng
St. Joseph's Church, Chenjialou
Simplified Chinese	陈家楼圣若瑟堂
Traditional Chinese	陳家樓聖約瑟堂
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chénjiālóu Shèngyuēsè Táng

History

The St. Joseph's Church was originally built in 1660 and was the second Catholic church in Jinan, Shandong, after the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Jinan. In 1907, Franciscan Italian priest rebuilt the church in Chenjialou with a Gothic architecture style.

In 2007, it was inscribed as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ by the Jinan government.