St. Joseph's Cathedral, Chongqing Explained

St. Joseph's Cathedral, Chongqing
Location:1 St Joseph Lane, 272 Minsheng Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing
Country:China
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Founder:Paris Foreign Missions Society
Dedication:Saint Joseph
Status:Cathedral
Functional Status:Active
Style:Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking:1879
Completed Date:1891
1893
Archdiocese:Chongqing
Bishop:Sede vacante

The Cathedral of St Joseph is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Archdiocese of Chongqing, situated on St Joseph Lane, Minsheng Road in Yuzhong District of the city of Chongqing, West China.[1] It has been subjected to the control of the state-sanctioned Catholic Patriotic Association since 1957.

History

The cathedral was built in the late 19th century by French missionaries of the Paris Foreign Missions Society.[2] The construction started in 1879 and was completed in 1891, a bell tower was added to the building in 1893.[3] [4] It has a square tower with a clock and is covered in ivy.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cathedral of St. Joseph . TheCatholicDirectory.com . 26 September 2014. >
  2. Web site: Churches in Chongqing: Cathedral of St Joseph (圣若瑟主教座堂) . Maxxelli . 8 April 2011 . 26 September 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151209001229/http://maxxelli-blog.com/2011/04/cathedral-st-joseph-cq/ . 2015-12-09 . dead.
  3. News: Zhang . Thomas . 8 September 2011 . 为什么重庆教区有五座百年教堂? . Why are there five century-old churches in the Archdiocese of Chongqing? . zh-hans . Faith Weekly . Shijiazhuang . 23 November 2022.
  4. News: Liu . WenMing . Li . Ma . 9 December 2004 . The Catholic Church in ChongQing City, the City of Heaven . Faith Weekly . Shijiazhuang . 23 November 2022 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180119235144/http://www.chinacatholic.org/english/html/2004/12/113.html . 19 January 2018.