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St. Joseph's Church, Jinan

Coordinates: 36°40′51″N 117°00′35″E / 36.680722°N 117.009782°E / 36.680722; 117.009782
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St. Joseph's Church, Jinan
济南圣若瑟堂
St. Joseph's Church, Jinan in 2018
St. Joseph's Church, Jinan is located in Shandong
St. Joseph's Church, Jinan
St. Joseph's Church, Jinan
Location in Shandong
36°40′51″N 117°00′35″E / 36.680722°N 117.009782°E / 36.680722; 117.009782
LocationTianqiao District, Jinan, Shandong, China
DenominationRoman Catholic
History
StatusParish church
Founded1660 (1660)
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architectural typeChurch building
StyleGothic architecture
Completed1907 (reconstruction)
Specifications
MaterialsGranite
Administration
ArchdioceseRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Jinan
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese济南圣约瑟堂
Traditional Chinese濟南聖約瑟堂
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJǐnán Shèngyuēsè Táng
St. Joseph's Church, Chenjialou
Simplified Chinese陈家楼圣若瑟堂
Traditional Chinese陳家樓聖約瑟堂
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChénjiālóu Shèngyuēsè Táng

St. Joseph's Church, Jinan (Chinese: 济南圣约瑟堂), locally known as St. Joseph's Church, Chenjialou (陈家楼圣若瑟堂), is an early 20th-century Gothic Catholic church in Tianqiao District of Jinan, Shandong, China.[1][2]

History

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The St. Joseph's Church was originally built in 1660 and was the second Catholic church in Jinan, Shandong, after the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Jinan. In 1907, Franciscan Italian priest rebuilt the church in Chenjialou with a Gothic architecture style.

In 2007, it was inscribed as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ by the Jinan government.

References

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  1. ^ Wen Xuan (文萱) (10 October 2019). 济南教区陈家楼堂区隆重庆祝圣若瑟堂奉献110周年. chinacatholic.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  2. ^ Fan Xiaojun (樊晓君) (20 March 2018). 山东:济南教区陈家楼堂区隆重庆祝若瑟本堂主保瞻礼. xinde.org (in Chinese). Retrieved 18 July 2021.