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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; lit. 'the South Church') to the locals, is a historic Catholic church located in the Beijing, China, Xicheng District, near the Beijing Financial Street.
See: List of cathedrals in China#Roman Catholic. Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Beijing; Church of St Joseph, Beijing; St. Theresa's Cathedral of Changchun; Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Chengdu; St. Joseph's Cathedral, Chongqing; Aowei Church of Holy Rosary, Fuzhou; Saint Dominic's Cathedral, Fuzhou; Sacred Heart Cathedral of Guangzhou
Cathedrals of the Catholic Church in China: [1] Cathedral of Sts. Peter and Paul (Baoding) in Baoding; Immaculate Conception Cathedral (South Church) in Beijing; Xishiku Cathedral (North Church) in Beijing; Wangfujing Cathedral (St. Joseph's or East Church) in Beijing; Cathedral of Bengbu in Bengbu; Changsha Immaculate Conception Cathedral in ...
It is located in the Dongcheng District of the city at 74 Wangfujing Street. [1] The construction of the church was finished in 1655 by Jesuit missionaries. Due to renovations and reconstruction, the current structure dates back to 1904. The church is the second oldest in Beijing after the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. [2]
The church is affiliated with the Patriotic Catholic Church of China. It was the seat of the Bishop of Beijing until 1958. [citation needed] After the recent renovation, regarded by many as a classic example of 'wreckovation', the church once again became the Cathedral church of Beijing.
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The Catholic Church (Chinese: 天主教; pinyin: Tiānzhǔ jiào; lit. 'Religion of the Lord of Heaven', after the Chinese term for the Christian God) first appeared in China upon the arrival of John of Montecorvino in China proper during the Yuan dynasty; he was the first Catholic missionary in the country, and would become the first bishop of Khanbaliq (1271–1368).
The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Chinese: 圣母圣衣堂), more often colloquially referred to as Xizhimen Church (Chinese: 西直门天主堂), is a Roman Catholic church located on the southern side at No. 130 of Xizhimen Neidajie in Beijing. It is commonly referred to as Xitang (西堂, the West Church) to the locals.