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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 Catholic Church in China#Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). Lost territory twice: in 1313 to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Citong 刺桐 and in 1320 to establish the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ili-baluc. 1375: Suppressed; Restored on April 10, 1690 as Diocese of Beijing, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Nanjing
St. Joseph's Church (traditional Chinese: 大聖若瑟堂; simplified Chinese: 大圣若瑟堂), commonly known as Wangfujing Church (王府井天主堂) or Dongtang (東堂, lit. ' East Church ' ), is an early 20th-century Romanesque Revival church that is one of the four historic Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Beijing .
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 the Saviour (Chinese: 救世主堂), also known as the Xishiku Church (simplified Chinese: 西什库天主堂; traditional Chinese: 西什庫天主堂) or Beitang (北堂; 'North Church'), is a historic Catholic church in the Xicheng District, Beijing, China.
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
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.
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 ...