Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception | |
Native Name: | 长沙圣母无染原罪主教座堂 |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Pushpin Map: | China Hunan#China |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250px |
Map Caption: | Location in Hunan |
Coordinates: | 28.2108°N 112.9792°W |
Location: | Xiangchun Street, Huangxing North Road, Changsha, Hunan |
Country: | China |
Denomination: | Roman Catholic |
Status: | Parish church |
Functional Status: | Active |
Architect: | Weng Mingde |
Architectural Type: | Church building |
Style: | Gothic Revival architecture |
Years Built: | 1902 |
Archdiocese: | Changsha |
Diocese: | Changsha |
Bishop: | Qu Ailin |
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.
It was built in 1902, in the late Qing Dynasty, by Weng Mingde, 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.