Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hong Kong)

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Chinese: 聖母無原罪主教座堂) is a late 19th-century English Gothic Revival church that serves as the cathedral of the Diocese of Hong Kong, which is effectively coterminous with the territory. It is located at 16 Caine Road, in the Mid-Levels area on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island.‌‎

Groundbreaking and construction of the cathedral began in 1883 after the previous cathedral, on Wellington Street at its junction with Pottinger Street, was destroyed by fire. Built from brick and stone, the new cathedral was designed by the London-based architectural firm Crawley and Company. The church opened on 7 December 1888, the day before the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, and was consecrated in 1938. Three years later, it was damaged during the Battle of Hong Kong, but remained untouched throughout the subsequent Japanese occupation which lasted until 1945. At the turn of the century, the cathedral underwent an extensive and costly programme of refurbishment, which was completed in 2002. The cathedral is listed as a Grade I historic building by the Antiquities and Monuments Office of the Hong Kong Government and the Antiquities Advisory Board.