St. Joseph's Cathedral, Chongqing | |
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![]() The cathedral in the 1920s | |
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Location | 1 St Joseph Lane, 272 Minsheng Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing |
Country | China |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
History | |
Status | Cathedral |
Founder(s) | Paris Foreign Missions Society |
Dedication | Saint Joseph |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1879 |
Completed | 1891 (cathedral) 1893 (bell tower) |
Administration | |
Archdiocese | Chongqing |
Clergy | |
Bishop(s) | Sede vacante |
The Cathedral of St Joseph [a] 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.
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.