St. Theresa's Church, Haining

St. Theresa's Church, Haining
St. Theresa's Church, Haining
圣女小德肋撒天主堂
	St. Theresa's Church, Haining in 2017
	St. Theresa's Church, Haining Location in Zhejiang
	30°27′52″N 120°27′30″E / 30.46441°N 120.45843°E
Location	Haining, Zhejiang, China
Denomination	Roman Catholic
History
Status	Church
Founded	1929
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Church building
Style	Gothic architecture
Specifications
Materials	Granite, bricks
Administration
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hangzhou
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	圣女小德肋撒天主堂
Traditional Chinese	聖女小德肋撒天主堂
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shèngnǚ Xiǎodélèsà Tiānzhǔtáng

St. Theresa's Church, Haining (Chinese: 圣女小德肋撒天主堂) is a Roman Catholic church located in the town of Chang'an, Haining, Zhejiang, China.^[1]

History

The church was originally built in 1929 by Chinese believers and belonged to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hangzhou.^[2]

In January 2017, it was declared a provincial cultural relic preservation organ by the Zhejiang government.

The church is seven rooms wide with a Gothic style.^[2] It has a 17-metre (56 ft) high bell tower.^[2]

^ 『浙·海宁』圣女小德肋撒天主堂. Sohu (in Chinese). 22 May 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Xu Tao (许涛); Shen Xingfang (沈星舫) (4 February 2017). 海宁这些“宝贝”浙江要重点保护在哪. zjol.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 29 July 2021.