St. Margaret's Church () is a Catholic church in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. It is the first church in the

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to be named after St Margaret Mary Alacoque. It is located at 2A Broadwood Road, Happy Valley,

Wan Chai District Wan Chai District is one of the districts of Hong Kong, 18 districts of Hong Kong. Of the four on Hong Kong Island, it is north-central, and had 166,695 residents in 2021, an increase from 152,608 residents in 2011. The district has the sec ...

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. It was established by the

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. The foundation stone was laid by Rev. De Maria Pietro on February 3, 1923, and was consecrated and opened on January 25, 1925. The church was later upgraded to a parish on January 25, 1949. The church is now listed as a Grade I historic building.

Architecture

The St Margaret's Church was built in 1923. It was designed by Italian architect Gannis in the classical revivalist style. There is a long staircase in front of the door for believers to walk up to the church while looking up at the church. There is a

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on the facade of the church. The porch is supported by four

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. On both sides of the door are two statues of St Peter and St Paul. The interior adopts the French 18th century structure that combines classical and

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styles with columns supporting a round arched ceiling. The barrel vaulted ceiling is filled with relief squares, and the floor plan adopts the style of a

Basilica In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica (Greek Basiliké) was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's forum. The basilica was in the Latin West equivalent to a stoa in the Greek Eas ...

. There is a semicircular

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at the end, with a spiral stone staircase next to it leading directly to the clock tower. There are a large number of stained glass windows on the walls on both sides, with 14 wooden sculptures depicting the process of

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placed on the two walls. The building was listed as a Grade II historic building in Hong Kong in 1990 and was later upgraded to be a Grade I historic building on December 21, 2010.聖瑪加利大堂
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Gallery

File:HK_Happy_Valley_St_Margaret_Mary_s_Church_n.jpg, Name of the church on the door arch File:HK_Happy_Valley_St_Margaret_Mary_s_Church_hall.jpg, Main hall of the church File:HK_StMargaretsChurch_StPeter.JPG, Statue of Saint Peter File:HK_StMargaretsChurch_StPAVL.JPG, Statue of Saint Paul File:HK_StMargaretsChurch_Glass.JPG, Colourful glass windows File:HK_StMargaretsChurch_BellTower.JPG, Clock tower

Pastoral team

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