St. Joseph's Church, Shaoxing
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| St. Joseph's Church, Shaoxing | |||||||
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绍兴圣若瑟堂 | |||||||
 St. Joseph's Church, Shaoxing in 2012 | |||||||
  St. Joseph's Church, Shaoxing Location in Zhejiang | |||||||
| 30°00′23″N 120°35′51″E / 30.006304°N 120.597455°E | |||||||
| Location | Yuecheng District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China | ||||||
| Denomination | Roman Catholic | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Status | Church | ||||||
| Founded | 1871 | ||||||
| Founder(s) | Andre Rene Guillot | ||||||
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| Functional status | Active | ||||||
| Architectural type | Church building | ||||||
| Style | Romanesque architecture | ||||||
| Groundbreaking | 1903 | ||||||
| Completed | 1907 (reconstruction) | ||||||
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| Materials | Granite, bricks | ||||||
| Administration | |||||||
| Diocese | Roman Catholic Diocese of Ningbo | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 绍兴圣若瑟堂 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 紹興聖約瑟堂 | ||||||
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| St. Joseph's Church, Bazi Bridge | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 八字桥圣若瑟堂 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 八字橋聖約瑟堂 | ||||||
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St. Joseph's Church, Shaoxing (Chinese: 绍兴圣若瑟堂), locally known as St. Joseph's Church, Bazi Bridge (八字桥圣若瑟堂), is a Roman Catholic church located in Yuecheng District of Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China.[1]
The church was originally built by French missionary Andre Rene Guillot (1820–1887) in 1871.[2] An extension of the entire church complex was carried out in 1903 by Italian missionary Jaoques Chianello (1865–1927), and was completed in 1907.[2] Soon after, Benevolence Hall, Nursing Home, Nursery, Peide Primary School, Convenient Cloth Factory and Convenient Match Factory was successively added to the church.[2]
The church was occupied by the Shaoxing Opera Troupe during the ten-year Cultural Revolution, and was officially reopened to the public in July 1988. In May 1993, it was designated as a municipal cultural relic preservation organ by the Shaoxing government.
