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Former St Joseph's Church, Chenhang

陈行圣若瑟堂-旧址chén xíng shèng ruò sè táng - jiù zhǐ

The Chenhang parish church of 1913 was lost in 1966; rebuilt in 1997, its congregation moved for the Expo resettlement and merged into Pujiang.

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Built: 1997
Architect: Not recorded
Style: Not recorded
Heritage listing: Minhang District Heritage Protection Point (闵行区文物保护点): "former Duhang Catholic Church" · district · 2017
Status: Visitor access not yet confirmed

A narrow square tower covered in small blue and white tiles with a red doorway at the base. — The former church's square tower, clad in blue-and-white mosaic tile, with a red door at its foot.
Photo: 中二halo君 · used with permission · Xiaohongshu · Bilibili

What you're looking at

The heritage point plaque announced on 15 May 2017

A tiled square tower with a pitched-roof nave behind a parked car and trees. — The tower and nave from further back, with the roof of the neighbouring building visible.
Photo: 中二halo君 · used with permission · Xiaohongshu · Bilibili

Red-painted wooden doors beside a black protection plaque on a blue-and-white tiled wall. — The red double door with a district cultural-relic protection plaque on the tiled wall.
Photo: 中二halo君 · used with permission · Xiaohongshu · Bilibili

A courtyard with orange two-storey buildings and a pale tower in the middle distance. — The tower seen across the courtyard among low orange-painted buildings.
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The story

Signs at the church, in full (1)

The wording of plaques and notices as photographed. Timetables and rules may have changed since.

Former Site of Duhang Catholic Church: Heritage Plaque

杜行天主堂旧址：保护点标牌 · see the photo

Our translation of the Chinese

Minhang District Heritage Protection Site
Former Site of Duhang Catholic Church (杜行天主堂旧址)
Minhang District Administration of Culture, Radio, Film and Television
Designation announced on 15 May 2017

Chinese text

闵行区文物保护点
杜行天主堂旧址
闵行区文化广播影视管理局
二〇一七年五月一十五日公布

How to visit

Status: Visitor access not yet confirmed; Opening times and prices not yet confirmed; check before you go.
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Chinese address — show this to a taxi driver

浦江镇勤劳村六队勤劳路立跃路路口

Qinlao Village Team 6, Pujiang Town, at the junction of Qinlao Road and Liyue Road, Minhang District, Shanghai

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Sources

1.Minhang District Gazetteer 1992-2011, Catholicism (闵行区志(1992-2011) · 第三节天主教), Shanghai Local Chronicles Office — 陈行天主堂 entry; 陈行天主堂 entry; 天主教活动gazetteer
2.Photographs of Shanghai churches and their signs, by 中二halo君 (上海教堂实拍照片（中二halo君）), 中二halo君, 中二halo君, 2026 — sign photographed at the churchfieldwork
3.Shanghai County Gazetteer, Catholicism (上海县志 · 天主教), Shanghai Local Chronicles Office — 1984年上海县天主教堂情况表gazetteer