Founded in July 1906 and being completed in September 1910, St. Ignatius Cathedral in Xujiahui District became the first Catholic church in Shanghai, once known as "the first Cathedral in the Far East".
Located at No. 158 Puxi Road, the church is modeled due to French medieval Gothic architecture, with the Catholic Bishop's Mansion of the Shanghai Diocese and a nunnery on one side of it.
徐家汇天主教堂是中国著名的天主教堂,位于中国上海市徐汇区徐家汇蒲西路158号,为天主教上海教区主教座堂,正式的名称为“圣依纳爵堂”,堂侧有天主教上海教区主教府,修女院,建筑风格为中世纪哥特式。 这座主教座堂于清光绪三十年(1904年)动土兴建,1910年10月22日举行落成典礼,教堂规模宏大,装饰华丽,被誉为“远东第一大教堂”。
Founded in July 1906 and being completed in September 1910, St. Ignatius Cathedral in Xujiahui District became the first Catholic church in Shanghai, once known as "the first Cathedral in the Far East".
Located at No. 158 Puxi Road, the church is modeled due to French medieval Gothic architecture, with the Catholic Bishop's Mansion of the Shanghai Diocese and a nunnery on one side of it.
Photos of Shanghai St. Ignatius Cathedral