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]
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.
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.
Took office | Left office | Name | Native name | Notes | |
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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 |