| St. Joseph's Church, Shaoxing | |||||||||||||||||||
| Native Name: | 绍兴圣若瑟堂 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||||||||||||||
| Pushpin Map: | China Zhejiang | ||||||||||||||||||
| Map Caption: | Location in Zhejiang | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 30.0063°N 120.5975°W | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location: | Yuecheng District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China | ||||||||||||||||||
| Denomination: | Roman Catholic | ||||||||||||||||||
| Founder: | Andre Rene Guillot | ||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Church | ||||||||||||||||||
| Functional Status: | Active | ||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural Type: | Church building | ||||||||||||||||||
| Style: | Romanesque architecture | ||||||||||||||||||
| Groundbreaking: | 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Completed Date: | 1907 (reconstruction) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Materials: | Granite, bricks | ||||||||||||||||||
| Diocese: | Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningbo | ||||||||||||||||||
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St. Joseph's Church, Shaoxing, locally known as St. Joseph's Church, Bazi Bridge, is a Roman Catholic church located in Yuecheng District of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China.[1]
The church was originally built by French missionary Andre Rene Guillot (1820–1887) in 1871.[2] An extension of the entire church complex was carried out in 1903 by Italian missionary Jaoques Chianello (1865–1927), and was completed in 1907.[2] Soon after, Benevolence Hall, Nursing Home, Nursery, Peide Primary School, Convenient Cloth Factory and Convenient Match Factory was successively added to the church.[2]
The church was occupied by the Shaoxing Opera Troupe during the ten-year Cultural Revolution, and was officially reopened to the public in July 1988. In May 1993, it was designated as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ by the Shaoxing government.