St. Anthony's Catholic Church (Shenzhen, China)

St. Anthony's Catholic Church
天主教深圳圣安多尼堂
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Location in Guangdong
St. Anthony's Catholic Church
St. Anthony's Catholic Church (China)
22°33′02″N 114°01′15″E / 22.55056°N 114.02083°E / 22.55056; 114.02083Coordinates: 22°33′02″N 114°01′15″E / 22.55056°N 114.02083°E / 22.55056; 114.02083
Location Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong
Country China
Denomination Roman Catholic
Website www.szsadn.com
History
Status Parish church
Founded 1998 (1998)
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architectural type Church building
Groundbreaking April 1998
Completed December 2001
Specifications
Floor area 3,944.8 m2 (0.0015231 sq mi)
Materials Granite
Administration
Archdiocese Shenzhen
Diocese Shenzhen
Province Guangdong
Clergy
Bishop(s) Liu Yongbin (刘永斌)
Auxiliary Bishop(s) Gao Tong (高通)

St. Anthony’s Catholic Church (simplified Chinese: 天主教深圳圣安多尼堂; traditional Chinese: 天主教深圳聖安多尼堂; pinyin: Tiānzhǔjiào Shēnzhèn Shèng'ānduōnítáng) is a Roman Catholic church in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.[1]

History

The church building covers an area of 3,944.8 square metres (0.9748 acres), and is located along Nonglin Road, Futian District, Shenzhen. The foundation of the church was laid in April 1998, and the church was completed in December 2001. Building the church took three years and eight months. The design of St. Anthony’s Catholic Church aims to symbolize the spirit of Catholicism in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. The construction of the church required the efforts of a large number of Catholics.[2]

St. Anthony’s Catholic Church is an international parish, which each Sunday afternoon provides the Holy Mass in English for Catholics from overseas who live and work in Shenzhen.

Parish

The church has three Sunday Masses (主日弥撒), at 9:00 am on Sunday, and 2:00 pm on Sunday and 8:00 pm on Saturday. It also has weekday Masses (平日弥撒) at 7:30am in the morning from Monday to Saturday.

Transportation

List of bishops

Took OfficeLeft OfficeNameNative nameNotes
December 1993December 2002Ren Lijun任力军
December 2002December 2004Yang Ke杨科
December 2004December 2007Han Wensheng韩文生
December 2007December 2011Zhang Tianlu张天路
February 2011April 2016Feng Guoxin冯国新
April 2016Liu Yongbin刘永斌

References

  1. 深圳三大特色教堂-你必须知道. Sohu (in Chinese). 2015-09-25. Archived from the original on 2016-10-09.
  2. "Introduction of St. Anthony's Catholic Church of Shenzhen". Official website. 2016-01-03.
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