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The Sacred Heart Cathedral () also alternatively called the Cathedral of the Seven Sorrows of Mary is a religious building located in the city of Ningbo in 
Its history began as the church the seven sorrows of Mary in 1872 being built in the Gothic style by the French
Zhejiang Province
Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangs ...
of the People's Republic of China.
It served as the headquarters of the Diocese of Ningbo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningbo/Ningxian ( la, Nimpuovensis, ) is a diocese located in the city of Ningbo (Zhejiang) in the Ecclesiastical province of Hangzhou in China. The diocese has two cathedral churches but only one has the seat of the ...
(''Dioecesis Nimpuovensis'', 天主教宁波教区) which was created on 11 April 1946. It should not be confused with the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption current seat of the diocese.
Its history began as the church the seven sorrows of Mary in 1872 being built in the Gothic style by the French Vincentians Vincentian can refer to:
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, as the seat of the Apostolic Vicariate of Chekiang dependent Fuchow for the time being elevated to cathedral in 1876; and closed in 1963; for a few years later reopen under another name in 1980; It was declared a national heritage in 2006; and finally it was partially destroyed by fire on July 28, 2014.
As of 2018, the cathedral is fully restored.
See also
*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 ...
*Sacred Heart Cathedral (disambiguation) Sacred Heart Cathedral may refer to:
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