St. Joseph's Cathedral, Chongqing

For other places with the same name, see St. Joseph's Cathedral.
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Chongqing
The cathedral in the 1920s
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Chongqing
Location1 St Joseph Lane, 272 Minsheng Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing
CountryChina
DenominationCatholic Church
History
StatusCathedral
FounderParis Foreign Missions Society
DedicationSaint Joseph
Architecture
Functional statusActive
StyleGothic Revival
Groundbreaking1879
Completed1891 (cathedral)
1893 (bell tower)
Administration
ArchdioceseChongqing
Clergy
BishopSede vacante

The Cathedral of St Joseph 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. It has been subjected to the control of the state-sanctioned Catholic Patriotic Association since 1957.


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