Location Taipei Denomination Roman Catholic Number of spires 1 Phone +886 2 2557 4874 | Country Taiwan Functional status Active Archbishop John Hung Shan-chuan | |
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Address No. 245, Minsheng West Road, Datong District, Taipei City, Taiwan 103 Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Taipei Similar Holy Family Catholic, Cathedral of the Immacula, Holy Rosary Cathedral, Liaoning Street Night Mar, Xia Hai Temple in Taipei |
The Immaculate Conception Cathedral (Chinese: 聖母無原罪主教座堂) is the Catholic cathedral that is located in the Datong district of Taipei on the island of Taiwan.
The Latin Rite church serves as the see of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Taipei (Archidioecesis Taipehensis; 天主教台北總教區) that was created by Pope Pius XII with the Bull "Gravia illa Christi".
The original building was built in 1889 but was destroyed in a raid in the city. Between 1911 and 1914 a new church was built in Gothic style. In 1945 during World War IIm the church was bombed and was replaced by a simpler structure. In 1959 its reconstruction began, which ending in May 1961.
All Masses and otherreligious services in the cathedral are offered in Mandarin Chinese.
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Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Taipei Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA