Location of the Historic churches of Sai Kung

The historic churches of Sai Kung are

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churches and chapels established in the 19th and 20th centuries by missionaries in the

Sai Kung Peninsula The Sai Kung Peninsula () is a peninsula in the easternmost part of the New Territories in Hong Kong. Its name comes from Sai Kung Town in the central southern area of the peninsula. The southern part of the peninsula is administrated by Sai ...

and surrounding islands, across modern day administrative areas: the

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and Sai Kung North of

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History

The churches were established by missionaries from the Seminary of Foreign Missions of Milan (now the

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). The first missionary to take up residence in Sai Kung Peninsula, in 1865, was Fr. P. Gaetano Origo (1835-1868). A first chapel was opened in the market town of Sai Kung in the late 1865. (A previous version of this paper was presented at a Seminar 'Hong Kong: its people, culture and traditions, the Centre of Asian Studies,

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. 15-16 April 1983) *

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villages included: Wong Mo Ying, Yim Tin Tsai *

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villages included: Chek Keng, Tai Long Tsuen The Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel () was built in 1953 in the former village of Sha Tsui (沙咀). It was submerged, together with the village, at the time of the construction of the

High Island Reservoir The High Island Reservoir, located in the far south eastern part of the Sai Kung Peninsula, was opened in 1978 helping to alleviate water scarcity, water shortage problems in Hong Kong. Its water capacity is approximately 273 million cubic ...

in the 1970s.

List of churches

''Note:'' A territory-wide grade reassessment of historic buildings is ongoing. The churches with a "Not listed" status in the table below are not graded and do not appear in the list of historic buildings considered for grading.

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Roman Catholic Churches built in Hong Kong (1842-1969)
* * {{Tai Po District Roman Catholic churches in Hong Kong Sai Kung District Tai Po District

History

List of churches

See also

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