St. Anthony's Catholic Church (Shenzhen) Explained

St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Native Name:天主教深圳圣安多尼堂
Native Name Lang:zh
Pushpin Map:China Guangdong#China
Pushpin Mapsize:250px
Map Caption:Location in Guangdong
Coordinates:22.5506°N 114.0208°W
Location:Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong
Country:China
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Architectural Type:Church building
Groundbreaking:April 1998
Completed Date:December 2001
Floor Area:3944.8m2
Materials:Granite
Archdiocese:Shenzhen
Diocese:Shenzhen
Province:Guangdong
Priest:Zhang Tianlu

St. Anthony's Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.[1]

History

The church building covers an area of 3944.8m2, and is located along Nonglin Road, Futian District, Shenzhen. The foundation of the church was laid in April 1998, and the church was completed in December 2001. Building the church took three years and eight months. The design of St. Anthony's Catholic Church aims to symbolize the spirit of Catholicism in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. The construction of the church required the efforts of a large number of Catholics.[2]

St. Anthony's Catholic Church is an international parish, which each Sunday at 11:00am provides the Holy Mass in English for Catholics from overseas who live and work in Shenzhen.

Parish

The church has four Sunday Masses, at 9:00 am on Sunday, and 11:00 am on Sunday (English), and 7:00pm on Sunday(English), and 7:00 pm on Saturday. It also has weekday Masses at 7:00am from Monday to Saturday.

Transportation

List of priest

Took office Left office Name Native name Notes
December 1993 December 2002 Ren Lijun Chinese: 任力军
December 2002 December 2004 Yang Ke Chinese: 杨科
December 2004 December 2007 Han Wensheng Chinese: 韩文生
December 2007 December 2011 Zhang Tianlu Chinese: 张天路
February 2011 April 2016 Feng Guoxin Chinese: 冯国新
April 2016 October 2019 Liu Yongbin Chinese: 刘永斌
December 2019 Zhang Tianlu Chinese: 张天路

Notes and References

  1. News: http://mt.sohu.com/20150925/n422099785.shtml . zh:深圳三大特色教堂-你必须知道 . Sohu . 2015-09-25 . zh . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161009135321/http://mt.sohu.com/20150925/n422099785.shtml . 2016-10-09 .
  2. News: Introduction of St. Anthony's Catholic Church of Shenzhen . Official website . 2016-01-03 . 2016-06-28 . 2016-07-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160701112522/http://www.szsadn.com/church-intro/ . dead .