St. John's Cathedral (Chiayi)

St. John's Cathedral
聖若望主教座堂
Location East, Chiayi City, Taiwan
Denomination Roman Catholic Church
Architecture
Years built 1957-1958
Groundbreaking 1957
Completed 1958

The St. John's Cathedral [1][2] (Chinese: 聖若望主教座堂; pinyin: Shèngruò Wàngzhǔjiào Zuòtáng) is the name given to a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic church, which is located on 62nd Street Minchuan, East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan.[3]

The current cathedral was built between 1957 and 1958. The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and is the principal church of the diocese of Chiayi,[4] also written Kiayi or (Dioecesis Kiayiensis; 天主教嘉義教區) which was raised to its current status in 1962 by the bull "Cum Apostolica" by the Pope John XXIII.

The church is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop Thomas Chung An-zu. The building has been renovated several times especially after the earthquake that hit the island in 1964, by several floods and typhoons and a small fire that occurred in 1997.

See also

Internal view

References

  1. ↑ Cathedral of St. John in Chiayi
  2. ↑ ""St. John Cathedral"".
  3. ↑ "tribals topple statue question mainlandborn heros peacemaker role - ucanews.com". Retrieved 2016-06-28.
  4. ↑ Taiwan shang ye zhi nan: E. T. Tsu. 1961-01-01.

Coordinates: 23°29′03″N 120°27′40″E / 23.4842°N 120.4611°E / 23.4842; 120.4611

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