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Cathedral · Xuhui District, People's Republic of China

Saint Ignatius Cathedral

Saint Ignatius Cathedral is the cathedral of the Diocese of Shanghai, in Xuhui District, People's Republic of China, dedicated to Ignatius of Loyola. A cathedral is the church of the bishop, where his chair, the cathedra, stands: the mother church of the diocese, where he ordains priests and blesses the holy oils each Holy Week. It is one of 127 cathedrals in People's Republic of China on CathoNav.

Where
Xuhui District, People's Republic of China
Cathedral of
Diocese of Shanghai · its bishop today
Dedicated to
Ignatius of Loyola
Founded
1910

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Saint Ignatius Cathedral
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