Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Hong Kong
- Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Hong Kong
The Cathedral of Immaculate Conception (zh-t|t=聖母無原罪主教座堂) is the Roman Catholic Cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong. It is the seat of the Diocesan bishop, currently Joseph Cardinal Zen. The Cathedral is one of the two cathedrals in the city of Hong Kong, the other being the Anglican St. John's Cathedral.
It is located at 16 Caine Road, Central. It is open from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm daily. It is graded as Grade I Historic Building [ [http://www.amo.gov.hk/form/historical.pdf List of graded historial buildings (As at 6 Jan 2007)] ]
History
The first Roman Catholic cathedral of Hong Kong was built in 1843 on Wellington Street and destroyed in a fire in 1859. The cathedral was rebuilt, but subsequently a different site was selected just above Caine Road by the Glenealy Ravine, where it is still located today. The Cathedral was designed by Crawley and Company of London. Construction of the new building started in 1883. Services first began in July 1886 under the auspices of the Apostolic Vicar Dominic Pozzoni and the first Mass was celebrated on December 7, 1888.
It was a Cathedral from the time it was built, as the seat of the apostolic vicariate that preceded the establishment of the diocese in 1946; however, it was not consecrated as a cathedral until 1938.
Renovation
The Cathedral’s original timber roof was replaced with a concrete roof in 1952; the main altar was also reconstructed in the early 1980s.
The Cathedral underwent renovation in 2002, and the renovation project was recognized by an Honorable Mention in the 2003 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.
Features
The Cathedral measures Convert|272|ft|m|0 long and Convert|132|ft|m|0|abbr=on|abbr=on wide, with 38 columns. It is an imposing Gothic Revival style built in a Greek cruciform shape with a tower at the intersection of the nave and transepts. It is constructed predominantly of bricks and stone over a granite platform and is supported by external buttresses.
Gallery
ee also
*Roman Catholic Marian churches
*Places of worship in Hong Kong
*List of Catholic Churches in Hong Kong
References
External links
* [http://cathedral.catholic.org.hk/ Hong Kong Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception]
* [http://archives.catholic.org.hk/qtvr/index.htm Map of the Cathedral, with panoramic images]
* [http://archives.catholic.org.hk/chronology/index.htm Diocesan timeline] , including relevant dates for the Cathedral
* [http://www.catholic.org.hk/ Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong]
* [http://www.unescobkk.org/index.php?id=2186 UNESCO Bangkok] - Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Hong Kong SAR
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