St. Joseph's Church, Jinan Explained

St. Joseph's Church, Jinan
Native Name:济南圣若瑟堂
Native Name Lang:zh
Pushpin Map:China Shandong
Pushpin Mapsize:250px
Map Caption:Location in Shandong
Coordinates:36.6807°N 117.0098°W
Location:Tianqiao District, Jinan, Shandong, China
Denomination:Roman Catholic
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Architectural Type:Church building
Style:Gothic architecture
Completed Date:1907 (reconstruction)
Materials:Granite
Archdiocese:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jinan
Embedded:
Child:yes
Order:st
S:济南圣约瑟堂
T:濟南聖約瑟堂
P:Jǐnán Shèngyuēsè Táng
Also Known As:St. Joseph's Church, Chenjialou
S2:陈家楼圣若瑟堂
T2:陳家樓聖約瑟堂
P2:Chénjiālóu Shèngyuēsè Táng

St. Joseph's Church, Jinan, locally known as St. Joseph's Church, Chenjialou, is an early 20th-century Gothic Catholic church in Tianqiao District of Jinan, Shandong, China.[1] [2]

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Wen Xuan (Chinese: 文萱). http://www.chinacatholic.cn/html/report/19100460-1.htm . zh:济南教区陈家楼堂区隆重庆祝圣若瑟堂奉献110周年 . chinacatholic.cn . 10 October 2019 . 18 July 2021 . zh.
  2. News: Fan Xiaojun (Chinese: 樊晓君). https://www.xinde.org/show/41886 . zh:山东:济南教区陈家楼堂区隆重庆祝若瑟本堂主保瞻礼 . xinde.org . 20 March 2018 . 18 July 2021 . zh.