Sacred Heart Cathedral, Yangzhou
| Sacred Heart Cathedral, Yangzhou | |||||||
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扬州耶稣圣心堂 | |||||||
 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Yangzhou in 2011 | |||||||
  Sacred Heart Cathedral, Yangzhou Location in Jiangsu | |||||||
| 32°23′25″N 119°26′49″E / 32.39028°N 119.44694°E | |||||||
| Location | Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China | ||||||
| Denomination | Roman Catholic | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Status | Parish church | ||||||
| Founded | 1873 | ||||||
| Founder(s) | Henri Le Lec | ||||||
| Architecture | |||||||
| Functional status | Active | ||||||
| Architectural type | Church building | ||||||
| Style | Gothic Revival architecture | ||||||
| Groundbreaking | 1873 | ||||||
| Completed | 1875 | ||||||
| Specifications | |||||||
| Floor area | 357-square-metre (3,840 sq ft) | ||||||
| Materials | Granite | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 扬州耶稣圣心堂 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 揚州耶穌聖心堂 | ||||||
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The Sacred Heart Cathedral, Yangzhou (Chinese: 扬州耶稣圣心堂), also known as Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, is a Gothic Revival Roman Catholic cathedral in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.[1] It is the seat of Apostolic Prefecture of Yangzhou.[1]
History[edit]
In 1873, French Jesuit priest Henri Le Lec (刘德耀) came to Yangzhou, Jiangsu, to buy a piece of land to build a church.[1] The construction project of the church was launched in 1973 and was completed in 1875.[1] French Jesuit and missionary Adrien Languillat consecrated the church on 1 January 1876.[1]
In 1949, the Roman Curia set up the Apostolic Prefecture of Yangzhou and the church has served as the cathedral since then.[1] In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broke out, the bell tower and Crucifixion were removed and the altar was smashed by the Red Guards.[1] The church was subsequently repurposed as a factory floor.[1] The church was officially reopened to the public in 1982.[1] It was renovated and refurbished in 1985.[1] In April 1995, it was designated as a provincial cultural relic preservation organ by the Jiangsu government.[1]
Architecture[edit]
The church faces east in the west with a Gothic Revival architecture style, covering an area of 357-square-metre (3,840 sq ft).[1] It has two 17-metre (56 ft) high bell towers.[1]