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Directory and photographs supplied by 中二halo君. Photographs used with permission. · Xiaohongshu · Bilibili

Where to start: the cathedral, the hilltop basilica and the old city-centre churches, with a water-town church for a day out.

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Urban deanery · 市区总铎区

32 churches

Pudong deanery · 浦东总铎区

45 churches

Punan deanery · 浦南总铎区

32 churches
  • All Saints' Church, Qingcun

    青村诸圣堂

    Chinese search name: 青村天主堂

    Qingcun's All Saints parish marked its 125th anniversary in 2008; the old church was lost in the Cultural Revolution and rebuilt after 1990.

    奉贤区正门:青村镇南奉公路2895号 后门:青村镇西街110号Main entrance: 2895 Nanfeng Highway, Qingcun Town; rear entrance: 110 Xijie, Qingcun Town, Fengxian District, Shanghai

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  • Annunciation Church, Hougang

    后岗圣母领报堂

    Chinese search name: 后岗天主堂

    A small Catholic chapel in Tinglin, Jinshan; its name suggests it is the 'Annunciation' outstation listed under the Baijia head church before 1949.

    金山区导航地址:金山区后岗一号路与后池路交叉口西南220米 登记地址:亭林镇后岗村6组Navigation address in the supplied directory: 220 m southwest of the junction of Hougang No. 1 Road and Houchi Road; registered address: Hougang Village Group 6, Tinglin Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • Ascension Church, Panjia

    潘家耶稣升天堂

    Chinese search name: 柘林耶稣升天堂

    Panjia was one of fourteen outstations under the Hucun parish when the Nanqiao deanery was set up in 1922; the present church is rural and small.

    奉贤区导航地址:奉贤区柘林镇公平村445号 登记地址:柘林镇沪杭公路3370号Navigation address in the supplied directory: 445 Gongping Village, Zhelin Town; registered address: 3370 Huhang Highway, Zhelin Town, Fengxian District, Shanghai

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  • Assumption of Mary Church, Zhujing

    朱泾圣母升天堂

    Chinese search name: 朱泾天主堂

    Zhujing was one of eleven outstations of the Hongqiao parish in Lüxiang, the church called the first in the southern suburbs.

    金山区导航地址:金山区广福街175弄19号 登记地址:朱泾镇广福街125弄Navigation address in the supplied directory: 19, Lane 175, Guangfu Street; registered address: Lane 125, Guangfu Street, Zhujing Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • Christ the King Church, Zhangyan

    张堰耶稣君王堂

    Chinese search name: 百家天主堂

    Rebuilt in 1933 with a bell tower, the Baijia village church became the centre of Catholic life in Jinshan after it reopened in 1984.

    金山区张堰镇百家村4056号4056 Baijia Village, Zhangyan Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • Dani Lao Church, Yanchibang

    砚池浜圣达尼老堂

    Begun in a farmhouse chapel in 1847 and rebuilt in 1907, Yanchibang church was reopened by local Catholics in 1987 after decades of closure.

    金山区兴塔镇五一村潜庄1054号1054 Qianzhuang, Wuyi Village, Xingta Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • Holy Cross Church, Shuiziwei

    水字圩光荣十字架堂

    Shuiziwei was a dependent chapel of the Yanchibang church before 1949; the village church has no further record beyond its address.

    金山区朱泾镇联盟村6组Lianmeng Village Group 6, Zhujing Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • Holy Family and Good Shepherd Church, Ping'an

    平安圣家善牧堂

    Chinese search name: 平安天主堂

    Built in 1995 for Catholics who had met in three rooms of a house, Ping'an opened on 31 December 1995 with Bishop Jin Luxian leading the ceremony.

    奉贤区平安镇平禄路89号89 Pinglu Road, Ping'an Town, Fengxian District, Shanghai

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  • Holy Trinity Church, Niqiao

    泥桥天主圣三堂

    Chinese search name: 东海天主堂

    Niqiao was one of the Hucun parish's fourteen outstations in 1922; a Donghai site reopened in 1999 with Bishop Jin Luxian at the ceremony.

    奉贤区导航地址:奉贤区柘林镇华亭村东海1238号 登记地址:柘林镇东海村八组Navigation address in the supplied directory: 1238 Donghai, Huating Village, Zhelin Town; registered address: Donghai Village Group 8, Zhelin Town, Fengxian District, Shanghai

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  • Immaculate Conception Church, Hongqiao

    虹桥无原罪始胎圣母堂

    Chinese search name: 虹桥天主堂

    Called the first church of the southern suburbs when it was finished in 1905, Hongqiao in Lüxiang served eleven outstations and 2,752 Catholics.

    金山区廊下镇南塘村14组3111号3111, Group 14, Nantang Village, Langxia Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • Immaculate Conception Church, Tairiqiao

    泰日桥无原罪始胎堂

    Chinese search name: 泰日天主堂

    Tairi church was destroyed in the Cultural Revolution and rebuilt after 1990; it was an outstation of the Gaoqiao parish under the Nanqiao deanery.

    奉贤区泰日镇明星村633号633 Mingxing Village, Tairi Town, Fengxian District, Shanghai

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  • Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Damendun

    大门墩圣母圣心堂

    Chinese search name: 塘外天主堂

    Damendun was an outstation of the Gaoqiao parish; the gazetteer records a church at Tangwai demolished in 1982 and rebuilt after 1990.

    奉贤区塘外镇人民路129弄2号2, Lane 129, Renmin Road, Tangwai Town, Fengxian District, Shanghai

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  • Nativity of Mary Church, Songyin

    松隐圣母诞辰堂

    A small rural Catholic chapel near Songyin, Jinshan; its history has not yet been traced in published sources.

    金山区朱泾镇新农温和村光华1159号1159 Guanghua, Wenhe Village, Xinnong, Zhujing Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Nongxing

    农兴露德圣母堂

    Chinese search name: 枫泾天主堂

    A rural Catholic chapel in Fengjing township; the corpus and web searches add nothing to its address.

    金山区枫泾镇农兴村1007号1007 Nongxing Village, Fengjing Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Xiaocaojing

    小漕泾圣母七苦堂

    Chinese search name: 小漕泾天主堂

    Xiaocaojing was one of thirteen outstations of the Baijia church at Zhangyan before 1949.

    金山区干巷镇龙湾村龙湾5015号5015 Longwan, Longwan Village, Ganxiang Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • Our Lady of Sorrows Church, Zhaoxianbang

    招贤浜痛苦圣母堂

    Zhaoxianbang was one of the fourteen outstations of the Shisanbao church at Tinglin, the largest church in the Punan area in 1925.

    金山区导航地址:亭林镇亭西村松金公路全新路交叉口东南60米 登记地址:亭林镇亭西村全心8组Navigation address in the supplied directory: 60 m southeast of the junction of Songjin Highway and Quanxin Road, Tingxi Village, Tinglin Town; registered address: Quanxin Group 8, Tingxi Village, Tinglin Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Lijiaqiao

    李家桥玫瑰圣母堂

    Chinese search name: 天主教上海教区李家桥天主堂

    Lijiaqiao was one of twelve outstations of the Gaoqiao parish under the Nanqiao deanery set up in 1922.

    奉贤区奉城镇朝阳村朝阳路瓦洪公路交叉口西北Northwest of the junction of Chaoyang Road and Wahong Highway, Chaoyang Village, Fengcheng Town, Fengxian District, Shanghai

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  • Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Ruanjia

    阮家玫瑰圣母堂

    Chinese search name: 玫瑰圣母堂

    Ruan village was one of the fourteen outstations of the Shisanbao church at Tinglin.

    金山区登记地址:亭林镇六塔村6组Registered address: Liuta Village Group 6, Tinglin Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • Our Lady Patroness Church, Zhuangjiaqiao

    庄家桥圣母主保堂

    Zhuangjia was among twelve outstations of the Gaoqiao parish when the Nanqiao deanery was set up in 1922.

    奉贤区泰日镇光星村光泰路利泰南路东南Southeast of the junction of Guangtai Road and Litai South Road, Guangxing Village, Tairi Town, Fengxian District, Shanghai

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  • Sacred Heart Church, Chaonitan

    潮泥滩耶稣圣心堂

    Chaonitan was a dependent chapel of the Yanchibang church before 1949.

    金山区枫泾镇菖梧村12组Changwu Village Group 12, Fengjing Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • Sacred Heart Church, Henggang

    横港耶稣圣心堂

    Chinese search name: 横港天主堂

    Henggang was an outstation of the Baijia church at Zhangyan; a web listing dates the church to 1930.

    金山区张堰镇秦望村2组Qinwang Village Group 2, Zhangyan Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • Sacred Heart Church, Shisanbao

    十三堡耶稣圣心堂

    Founded in 1736 and rebuilt in 1925, Shisanbao was once the largest church south of the Huangpu, drawing up to 2,000 people on feast days.

    金山区亭林镇红阳村8026号8026 Hongyang Village, Tinglin Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • St John's Church, Donglinbang

    东林浜圣若翰堂

    Chinese search name: 东林浜天主堂

    Donglinbang was an outstation of the Hongqiao church in Lüxiang, the church called the first of the southern suburbs.

    金山区吕巷镇戚埭村4组5069号5069, Group 4, Qidai Village, Luxiang Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • St Joseph, Patron of a Happy Death Church, Songjiashe

    宋家厍若瑟善终主保堂

    Chinese search name: 宋家库天主堂

    Songjiashe was an outstation of the Hongqiao church in Lüxiang before 1949.

    金山区导航地址:金山区廊下镇中民村5051号 登记地址:廊下镇中民村3组Navigation address in the supplied directory: 5051 Zhongmin Village, Langxia Town; registered address: Zhongmin Village Group 3, Langxia Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • St Joseph's Church, Xiqiangjie

    西墙界圣若瑟总主保堂

    Chinese search name: 西墙界天主堂

    Xiqiangjie was an outstation of the Hongqiao church in Lüxiang before 1949.

    金山区导航地址:金山区朱泾镇新泾村富强3053号 登记地址:朱泾镇富强村6组Navigation address in the supplied directory: 3053 Fuqiang, Xinjing Village, Zhujing Town; registered address: Fuqiang Village Group 6, Zhujing Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • St Joseph's Church, Zhuzhuang

    朱庄圣若瑟堂

    Chinese search name: 翁家天主堂

    Zhuzhuang was an outstation of Hucun parish; its church was destroyed in the Cultural Revolution and rebuilt after 1990.

    奉贤区柘林镇金海村翁家翁陆路新林公路交叉口西北门 金海村翁家921-1921-1 Wengjia, Jinhai Village, Zhelin Town; northwest entrance at the junction of Wenglu Road and Xinlin Highway, Fengxian District, Shanghai

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  • St Matthias' Church, Shengjiatan

    盛家滩圣玛弟亚堂

    Shengjiatan was an outstation of the Yanchibang church before 1949.

    金山区枫泾镇韩坞村新泖盛家滩Shengjiatan, Xinmao, Hanwu Village, Fengjing Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • St Paul's Church, Liming

    黎明圣保禄堂

    A rural Catholic chapel in Fengjing township, Jinshan; published sources record only its address so far.

    金山区导航地址:金山区枫泾镇建安路168号 登记地址:枫泾镇新黎村20组5018号Navigation address in the supplied directory: 168 Jian'an Road, Fengjing Town; registered address: 5018, Group 20, Xinli Village, Fengjing Town, Jinshan District, Shanghai

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  • St Peter's Church, Wangchuanhui

    网船会圣伯多禄堂

    Chinese search name: 网船会天主堂

    A 1811 village church that was demolished, rebuilt in 2000 and replaced in 2010 by a two-storey Gothic-style church for Nanqiao New City.

    奉贤区南桥镇百富路百秀路交叉口东北Northeast of the junction of Baifu Road and Baixiu Road, Nanqiao Town, Fengxian District, Shanghai

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Jiaqingsong deanery · 嘉青松总铎区

42 churches

Chongming deanery · 崇明总铎区

19 churches
  • Archangel Church, Xiaoyangqiao

    小漾桥总领天神堂

    Chinese search name: 崇明天神堂

    The Archangel church at Kaifeng village, Baozhen, is among Chongming's open churches in the 1990s list; an aggregator dates it to 1871.

    崇明岛崇明区堡镇营房村凯风581号581 Kaifeng, Yingfang Village, Bao Town, Chongming Island, Shanghai

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  • Holy Cross Church, Caopeng Town

    草棚镇圣十字架堂

    Chinese search name: 天主教上海教区十字架堂

    A rural Chongming parish church; the 1990s gazetteer table lists a Holy Cross church at Jiehe village, Sanxing, and a web listing dates it to 1863.

    崇明岛导航地址:崇明区三星镇宏海公路4000号 登记地址:三星镇草棚村Navigation address in the supplied directory: 4000 Honghai Highway, Sanxing Town; registered address: Caopeng Village, Sanxing Town, Chongming Island, Shanghai

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  • Holy Family Church, Shenjiawan

    沈家湾圣家堂

    A Catholic church in the Miaozhen area of Chongming; no history was found in the gazetteers or on the web.

    崇明岛登记地址:庙镇保安村12村 临时堂点:港西镇颂平村792号Registered address in the supplied directory: 保安村12村, Miao Town; temporary worship site: 792 Songping Village, Gangxi Town, Chongming Island, Shanghai

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  • Holy Name of Mary Church, Qiujia

    邱家母名堂

    Chinese search name: 母名堂

    A Catholic church in Baozhen, Chongming; no history was found in the gazetteers or on the web.

    崇明岛堡镇财贸村石桥747号747 Shiqiao, Caimao Village, Bao Town, Chongming Island, Shanghai

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  • Holy Trinity Church, Panghuang Town

    彷徨镇天主圣三堂

    Chinese search name: 天主圣三堂

    A Catholic church in Wuyao, Chongming; no history was found in the gazetteers or on the web.

    崇明岛五滧镇彷徨村736号736 Panghuang Village, Wuyao Town, Chongming Island, Shanghai

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  • Immaculate Conception Church, Pailou

    牌楼始胎无原罪圣母堂

    Chinese search name: 牌楼天主堂

    A visitor tip, the only source found, dates the Pailou church to 1841 with a rebuild in 1861; confirm before use.

    崇明岛崇明区港沿镇建中村1368号1368 Jianzhong Village, Gangyan Town, Chongming Island, Shanghai

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  • Qimu Church, East Bukang Town

    埠康镇东奇母堂

    Chinese search name: 天主教上海教区奇母堂

    A Catholic church in the Fukang village area of Chongming; no history was found in the gazetteers or on the web.

    崇明岛崇明区阜康村新圩604号604 Xinwei, Fukang Village, Chongming Island, Shanghai

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  • Sacred Heart Church, Dagongsuo

    大公所耶稣圣心堂

    Chinese search name: 大公所天主堂

    A Jesuit station since 1677, rebuilt in 1916 as a Chinese-style hall with a 27-metre bell tower; seat of Chongming's dean from 1920.

    崇明岛崇明区港沿镇骏马村280号280 Junma Village, Gangyan Town, Chongming Island, Shanghai

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  • St John's Church, Chenjia Town

    陈家镇圣若翰堂

    Chinese search name: 圣若翰天主堂

    A St John's church in Chongming appears in the gazetteer's 1990s table at Yu'an township; the Chenjia site may be its successor.

    崇明岛崇明区陈家镇徐家汇北路与锦陈路交叉口东南200米200 m southeast of the junction of Xujiahui North Road and Jinchen Road, Chenjia Town, Chongming Island, Shanghai

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  • St Joseph's Church, Bao Town

    堡镇圣若瑟堂

    Chinese search name: 圣若瑟天主堂

    A Catholic church in Baozhen, Chongming; no history was found in the gazetteers or on the web.

    崇明岛堡镇强民路西50米菜园村Caiyuan Village, 50 m west of Qiangmin Road, Bao Town, Chongming Island, Shanghai

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  • St Mark's Church, Bang Town

    浜镇圣马尔谷堂

    Chinese search name: 浜镇天主堂

    A Catholic church in Jianshe township, Chongming; no history was found in the gazetteers or on the web.

    崇明岛导航地址:崇明区镇中路北50米 登记地址:建设镇运南村5组Navigation address in the supplied directory: 50 m north of Zhenzhong Road; registered address: Yunnan Village Group 5, Jianshe Town, Chongming Island, Shanghai

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  • St Martin's Church, Shuhe Town

    竖河镇圣马尔定堂

    Chinese search name: 竖河天主堂

    A Catholic church in Shuxin township, Chongming; no history was found in the gazetteers or on the web.

    崇明岛崇明区竖新镇竖河村竖东Shudong, Shuhe Village, Shuxin Town, Chongming Island, Shanghai

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  • St Paul's Church, Xinkaihe

    新开河圣保禄堂

    Chinese search name: 新开河天主堂

    Founded in 1639 by Jesuits, Xinkaihe is described as Chongming's first Catholic station; the present church dates to 1865 and was rebuilt in 1902.

    崇明岛新河镇民主街180号180 Minzhu Street, Xinhe Town, Chongming Island, Shanghai

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  • St Simon's Church, Nanpanyao

    南盘滧圣西满堂

    Chinese search name: 南盘滧天主堂

    The Ximan (St Simon) church at Beishuang village, Gangxi, appears in the Shanghai gazetteer's 1990s list of Chongming's open churches.

    崇明岛导航地址:崇明区港西镇北双村898号 登记地址:港西镇北双村Navigation address in the supplied directory: 898 Beishuang Village, Gangxi Town; registered address: Beishuang Village, Gangxi Town, Chongming Island, Shanghai

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  • St Thaddeus' Church, Xielong Town

    协隆镇圣达陡堂

    A Catholic church in Chenjia township, Chongming; no history was found in the gazetteers or on the web.

    崇明岛崇明区陈家镇新协村八滧公路新协路路口向东走670米(上海萨安防爆电器厂西南门向前走55米)Xinxie Village, Chenjia Town: 670 m east from the junction of Bayao Highway and Xinxie Road; the directory also describes a point 55 m beyond the southwest gate of Shanghai Sa'an Explosion-proof Electrical Appliance Factory, Chongming Island, Shanghai

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