The Immaculate Conception Cathedral () also called Ürümqi Cathedral is a religious building located in the city of
Ürümqi
Ürümqi ( ; also spelled Ürümchi or without umlauts), formerly known as Dihua (also spelled Tihwa), is the capital of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in the far northwest of the People's Republic of China. Ürümqi developed its ...
(''Urumchi''), capital of the
Xinjiang Autonomous Region
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; Chinese postal romanization, formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autono ...
, in the northwest part of China.
The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the mother and main church of the apostolic prefecture of Sinkiang (''Praefectura Apostolica Sinkiangensis'', 天主教新疆监牧区) which was created as a
mission ''sui juris'' by the
apostolic brief ''Decet Romanum Pontificem'' by the
Pope Pius XI
Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City fro ...
in 1930 and obtained its current status in 1938.
It is under the pastoral responsibility of Bishop Paul Xie Ting-zhe (謝庭哲).
See also
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Roman Catholicism in China
The Catholic Church in China (called Tiānzhǔ Jiào, 天主敎, literally "Religion of the Lord of Heaven" after the Chinese term for the Christian God) has a long and complicated history. John of Montecorvino was the first Roman Catholic ...
References
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Churches in Xinjiang
Roman Catholic cathedrals in China
Buildings and structures in Ürümqi