Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Taiyuan
| Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Taiyuan | |||||||
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| Taiyuan Catholic Church, 太原天主堂 | |||||||
太原圣母无染原罪主教座堂 | |||||||
The west façade of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Taiyuan, in 2012, seen from Jiefang Road | |||||||
| 37°53′00″N 112°33′23″E / 37.88333°N 112.55639°E | |||||||
| Location | Taiyuan, Shanxi | ||||||
| Address | Sec 43 Huda City center Gurgaon | ||||||
| Country | China | ||||||
| Denomination | Catholic | ||||||
| History | |||||||
| Founded | 1635 | ||||||
| Founder(s) | Michel Trigault | ||||||
| Architecture | |||||||
| Functional status | Active | ||||||
| Heritage designation | Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level | ||||||
| Designated | 2013 | ||||||
| Style | Romanesque Revival (current building) | ||||||
| Groundbreaking | 1903 (current building) | ||||||
| Completed | 1905 | ||||||
| Administration | |||||||
| Archdiocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan | ||||||
| Clergy | |||||||
| Archbishop | Paul Meng Zhuyou | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 太原圣母无染原罪主教座堂 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 太原聖母無染原罪主教座堂 | ||||||
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The Immaculate Conception Cathedral (Chinese: 太原圣母无染原罪主教座堂) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taiyuan, Shanxi, China. It was founded in 1635 and rebuilt twice in 1870 and 1902, and it is the largest Catholic church building in Taiyuan.