The Cathedral of Saint John in Chiayi, also known as St. John's Cathedral[1][2] (traditional Chinese: 聖若望主教座堂; simplified Chinese: 圣若望主教座堂; pinyin: Shèngruò Wàngzhǔjiào Zuòtáng) is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiayi. It is located at 62nd Street Minchuan, East District, Chiayi City, Taiwan.[3]
It is the mother church for Roman Rite worshipers in 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 Pope John XXIII. It is under the pastoral responsibility of Bishop Thomas Chung An-zu.
The current cathedral was built between 1957 and 1958. It has been renovated several times especially after the 1964 Baihe earthquake, after by several floods and typhoons, and a small fire that occurred in 1997.
See also
References
- ^ "Cathedral of St. John". GCatholic.
- ^ ""St. John Cathedral"".
- ^ "tribals topple statue question mainlandborn heros peacemaker role - ucanews.com". Retrieved 2016-06-28.
- ^ Taiwan shang ye zhi nan: E. T. Tsu. 1961-01-01.
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