St. Dominic's Cathedral, Fuzhou

St. Dominic's Cathedral, Fuzhou
Fuzhou Fanchuanpu St. Dominic's Cathedral
Fanchuanpu Tianzhutang (Pan-ship Oura Catholic Church)
福州泛船浦圣多明我主教座堂
Cathedral church of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fuzhou
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CountryChina
DenominationCatholic
Membership16000
History
StatusMetropolitan Cathedral Church
Founded1864
Relics heldSt. Joseph, St. Therese
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationMajor cultural relics of the Fujian Province
Designated1996
Previous cathedralsThe Aowei Church of Holy Rosary
StyleGothic Revival, Neo-Romanesque, Neo-Classical, Chinese
Groundbreaking1932
CompletedSeptember, 1933
Specifications
Capacity3000
Length60.2 Meters
Width19.52 Meters
Number of floors2
Floor area1371.4 Square Meters
Number of towers2
Tower height36 Meters
Number of spires1
MaterialsChinese Green Brick
Administration
ArchdioceseFuzhou
Clergy
ArchbishopPeter Lin Jia-shan
The interior of the cathedral prior to the 2017 renovation
A view of St. Dominic's Cathedral after the 2017 renovation, notice the newly added leaded stained-glass windows, as seen on the front

St. Dominic's Cathedral (Chinese: 福州圣多明我主教座堂), locally known as the Fanchuanpu Tianzhutang (lit.'Pan-ship Oura Catholic Church'), is located by the Min River, Fuzhou, Fujian, China. It is the seat of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Fuzhou and the Ecclesiastical Province of Fuzhou.


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