Country Taiwan Completed 1955 Phone +886 2 2732 7740 | Denomination Episcopal Opened 1955 | |
Address No. 280, Section 2, Fuxing South Road, Da’an District, Taiwan 106 Architect Francisco Coello de Portugal Similar Basílica de la Virgen del Camino, Penghu Aquarium, Taijiang National Park | ||
St. John's Cathedral (Chinese: 聖約翰座堂; pinyin: Shèngyuēhàn Zuòtáng) is a Christian church located at No. 280, Second Section, Fuhsing South Road, Da'an District, Taipei, Taiwan. It is the cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan (Chinese: 臺灣聖公會, 聖公會臺灣教區), a diocese of the Episcopal Church of the United States of the Anglican Communion.
A large building in southern Taipei, it was built in 1955 by Chinese Anglicans who had fled mainland China in 1949 after the Chinese Communist Revolution. It was elevated to a cathedral when the Diocese of Taiwan was established in 1961-1962. The annex was added in 1963.
Transportation
The cathedral is south of Technology Building Station of Taipei Metro, within walking distance.
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