Cathedral Of The Immaculate Conception In Beijing
Coordinates: 39°54′03″N 116°22′27″E / 39.900798°N 116.374075°E / 39.900798; 116.374075
| Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Xuanwumen, Beijing | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 宣武門聖母無染原罪天主堂 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 宣武门圣母无染原罪天主堂 | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 南堂 (The "South Church") | ||||||||
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The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Chinese: 圣母无染原罪堂), colloquially known as the Xuanwumen church (Chinese: 宣武门天主堂; pinyin: Xuānwǔmén Tiānzhǔtáng) or Nantang (Chinese: 南堂; literally "the South Church") to the locals, is a historic Roman Catholic Church located in Beijing, China. While the original foundation of the cathedral was in 1605, making it the oldest Catholic church in Beijing, the current building in the Baroque style dates from 1904. The present Archbishop Joseph Li Shan, installed in September 2007, is one of the few bishops openly recognized by both the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Church and the Vatican.
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