St. Theresa's Cathedral of Changchun (in ) is a
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cathedral
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in
Changchun,
Jilin Province
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,
China. It is also called Changchun City Catholic Church or St. Theresa's Diocesan Cathedral () in Changchun because the
bishop
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of Jilin Diocese moved here in 1994, from Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral of
Jilin City
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.
A Brief history
Its brief history is as follows:
A Brief history of the Jilin Diocese
(in Chinese)
* 1895: A French father arrived in the Changchun area, spreading the Good news
* 1898: A church was built at the present site
* 1912: A school was built next to the church, which is now Changchun City's No. 104 Middle School
* 1930: The construction of a cathedral was started and completed two years later
* Since 1959: as the Dioceses in China were made to match the political Provinces, there have been seven bishops in Jilin Diocese, of whom three were French and the rest were Chinese.
* 1969-1979: During the Cultural Revolution
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, all religious activities stopped. The cathedral was used as a storage of books, and a fire in 1979 destroyed the cathedral building, except the front side (entrance)
* 1994: The bishop
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of Jilin Diocese moved here, from Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral () in Jilin City
Jilin City (), alternately romanized as Kirin, is the second-largest city and former capital of Jilin province in northeast China. As of the 2020 census, 3,623,713 people resided within its administrative area of and 1,895,865 in its buil ...
.
* 2008: The re-building of the cathedral was completed. Rededication ceremonies held in December.
See also
* Christianity
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and Catholicism
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* Christianity in China
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* Roman Catholicism in China
* Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
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* List of Catholic cathedrals in China
* Catholic
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churches in Northeast China
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:
: Dalian Catholic Church, Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral of Shenyang
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, St. Theresa's Cathedral of Changchun, Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral of Harbin
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* Protestant
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churches in Northeast China
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:
:Yuguang Street Church Yuguang Street Church ( zh, t=玉光街禮拜堂, s=玉光街礼拜堂) is a Protestant church in Dalian, China. It is the former Dalian Anglican Church ( zh, t=大連聖公會教堂, s=大连圣公会教堂, first=t, links=no; ja, 大連聖公 ...
, Dongguan Church Donguang Church (), located in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China, is one of the largest and oldest Protestant churches in Northeast China. It is also known as the cradle of Christianity of the Koreans in China and in the Korean Peninsula.
...
, Changchun Christian Church Changchun Christian Church () is one of the largest and historically important Protestant churches in Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
General
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, Harbin Nangang Christian Church
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, etc
References
External links
The Re-dedication of St. Theresa's Cathedral of Changchun (12/02/2008)
(in Chinese)
Roman Catholic churches completed in 2008
Roman Catholic cathedrals in China
Churches in Changchun
2008 establishments in China
21st-century Roman Catholic church buildings in China
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