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The Cathedral of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (Latin: Cathedralis Nationalem de Sciamhævensis in Sinis, Chinese: 圣依纳爵主教座堂), also known as the Xujiahui Cathedral (Chinese: 徐家汇主教座堂) or sometimes known as the Xujiahui Catholic Church (Chinese: 徐家汇天主教堂), is the Catholic cathedral of the Latin Church diocese of Shanghai, located in Xujiahui, Shanghai, China.
Name. The tomb of Xu Guangqi in Xujiahui, Shanghai. Xujiahui means "Xu family junction" - more precisely, "property of Xu family at the junction of two rivers". [2] The "Xu family" refers to the family of Xu Guangqi (Hsü Kuang-ch'i; 1562–1633), China's most notable Catholic convert. Most of what is now Xujiahui was once the ancestral home of ...
This is the list of cathedrals in China sorted by original denomination. St. Dominic's Cathedral in Fuzhou. Sacred Heart Cathedral (Seksat Church) in Guangzhou. Sacred Heart Cathedral in Jinan. St. Michael's Cathedral in Qingdao. St. Ignatius Cathedral (Xujiahui Church) in Shanghai. St. Francis Cathedral in Xi’an.
While Xujiahui was technically not part of the French Concession (lying immediately west of the boundary of the concession), it was the center of Catholic Shanghai, featuring St Ignatius Cathedral, the Observatory, the Library, and several colleges, all of which were French-dominated. Today, Xujiahui is a busy commercial district.
St. Ignatius Cathedral, Xujiahui: St. Ignatius Cathedral, Xujiahui: Xuhui District: 158 Puxi Road: 1910: 27: Basilica of Holy Mary, the Help of Christians, National Shrine of Our Mother in Sheshan: Basilica of Holy Mary, the Help of Christians, National Shrine of Our Mother in Sheshan: Songjiang District: West She Shan: 1935: 28: Community ...
It was from these modest beginnings that the Xujiahui Library (Zikawei Library), which would become one of the two foremost Jesuit libraries in China (the other being the Beitang Library), was established in 1847. [4] The library was originally housed in three rooms in the mission priests' quarters on the north side of the existing chapel.
The St. Francis Xavier Church ( simplified Chinese: 圣方济各沙勿略堂; traditional Chinese: 聖方濟各沙勿略堂) or Dongjiadu Catholic Church (董家渡天主堂), formerly known as the Cathedral of St Francis Xavier at Tungkiatu [1] or Dongjiadu Cathedral (董家渡主教座堂), is a Neo-Baroque Roman Catholic cathedral in ...
www.catholicsh.org. She Shan Cathedral. The Diocese of Shanghai (Latin: Dioecesis Sciamhaevensis; Chinese: 天主教上海教区) is a diocese of the Catholic Latin Church in the municipality of Shanghai, China. It was erected on December 13, 1933 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Shanghai by Pope Pius XI and was later elevated to the rank of a ...