The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (in ) is a

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Harbin Harbin, ; zh, , s=哈尔滨, t=哈爾濱, p=Hā'ěrbīn; IPA: . is the capital of Heilongjiang, China. It is the largest city of Heilongjiang, as well as being the city with the second-largest urban area, urban population (after Shenyang, Lia ...

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. Its official name is Sacred Heart of Jesus Diocesan Cathedral of Harbin.

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Sacred Heart Cathedral of Harbin is a

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church in

. The church's history can be summarized as follows:Sacred Heart of Jesus Diocesan Cathedral of Harbin
(in Chinese) * ca. 1900, while

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being built, many

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came to Harbin to work. The greater majority of them were

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. * 1906 - The cornerstone was set by the priest Dominik Przyluski and the construction of a Catholic church began. It was completed and dedicated in the following year. The church was also called Polish Catholic Church or East Dazhi Avenue Catholic Church * Thereafter, the church came under

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and

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Dioceses * 1959 - The church became the diocesan cathedral of Heilongjiang Diocese * 1966 - During the

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, the church building was abolished * 2004 - The church building was re-built The address of the church is: No. 211, East Dazhi Avenue, Nangang District, Harbin. Phone: 0451-5365-3007. The church is located in the "church street", north east of "Hongbo Square' (where Czar Nicolas' Central Church was), on East Dazhi Avenue, where there are also

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) and Church of the Intercession in Harbin (

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