Christianity in Shanghai
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Christianity
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...

is a minority faith in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

, a city of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. Shanghai has the highest proportion of Catholic
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...

 residents of any province-level division in Mainland China (2003). Roman Catholic Diocese of Shanghai
Roman Catholic Diocese of Shanghai
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shanghai is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in China. It was erected on December 13, 1933 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Shanghai by Pope Pius XI, and was later elevated to the rank of a diocese on April 11, 1946 by Pope Pius XII...

 has churches including
St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai
St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai
The St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai , also referred to as Xujiahui Cathedral , is a Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral, located on Puxi Road, in Xujiahui, Xuhui District of Shanghai, China...

 and She Shan Basilica. Shanghai has far more Christians than Jews, see Shanghighlander
Shanghighlander
Foreigners of British origin who lived in Shanghai in extraterritorial areas from 1842 until 1943 when a Sino-British friendship treaty was signed and their livelihood, the treaty port system, was abandoned...

 and Shanghai Ghetto
Shanghai ghetto
The Shanghai ghetto, formally known as the , was an area of approximately one square mile in the Hongkou District of Japanese-occupied Shanghai, to which about 20,000 Jewish refugees were relocated by the Japanese-issued Proclamation Concerning Restriction of Residence and Business of Stateless...

. The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, which is close to the governing party Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
Christian Democratic Union (Germany)
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...

 of Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, has an office in Shanghai. A 1999 campaign affectuated the closure of about 1000 Christian congregations, with a high amount of violence.

List of Protestant missionaries in Shanghai (historic)

  • Young John Allen
    Young John Allen
    Young John Allen was an American Methodist missionary in late Qing Dynasty China with the American Southern Methodist Episcopal Mission. He is best known in China by his local name Lin Yuezhi ....

  • William Jones Boone
    William Jones Boone
    William Jones Boone was the first Anglican missionary bishop of Shanghai.-Life:Boone was born in Walterborough, South Carolina, graduated from the College of South Carolina in 1829 and was admitted to the bar in 1833. He then attended Virginia Theological Seminary and was ordained deacon on 18...

  • William Jones Boone, Jr.
    William Jones Boone, Jr.
    William Jones Boone was the fourth Anglican missionary bishop of Shanghai. Boone was born in Shanghai, son of and namesake of Bishop William Boone. He studied at Princeton University and attended Virginia Theological Seminary prior to his ordination to the diaconate in Petersburg, Virginia in 1868...

  • Joseph Edkins
    Joseph Edkins
    Joseph Edkins was a British Protestant missionary who spent 57 years in China, 30 of them in Beijing. As a Sinologue, he specialized in Chinese religions. He was also a linguist, a translator, and a philologist. Writing prolifically, he penned many books about the Chinese language and the Chinese...

  • Frederick Rogers Graves
    Frederick Rogers Graves
    Frederick Rogers Graves was an American missionary to China. He served as fifth missionary bishop of the Anglican diocese of Shanghai from 1893-1937. Graves assisted in the organization of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui, and served as chairman of its House of Bishops from 1915 to 1926...

  • Walter Russell Lambuth
    Walter Russell Lambuth
    Walter Russell Lambuth was a Chinese-born American Methodist Bishop who worked as a missionary establishing schools and hospitals in China, Korea and Japan in the 1880s.-Birth and Family:...

  • William Lockhart
    William Lockhart
    William Lockhart was an English Roman Catholic priest; the first of the Tractarian Movement to convert to Roman Catholicism.-Early life:...

  • Walter Lowrie
    Walter Lowrie
    Walter Lowrie was a teacher, farmer, and politician from Butler County, Pennsylvania. He served in both houses in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate...

  • Walter Henry Medhurst
    Walter Henry Medhurst
    Walter Henry Medhurst , was an English Congregationalist missionary to China, born in London and educated at St Paul's School, was one of the early translators of the Bible into Chinese language editions.-Early life:...

  • William Muirhead
    William Muirhead
    William Muirhead was a Protestant Christian missionary who served with the London Missionary Society during the late Qing Dynasty in China.-Works authored or edited:* Hymns of Praise. 38 leaves. Shanghai, 1858. By Rev. William Muirhead...

  • Francis Lister Hawks Pott
    Francis Lister Hawks Pott
    Francis Lister Hawks Pott was an American Episcopal missionary to China. He served as President of St. John's College 1888 to 1896, and President of Saint John's University from 1896 to 1941.-Bibliography:*...

  • Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky
  • James Hudson Taylor
  • Matthew Tyson Yates
    Matthew Tyson Yates
    Matthew Tyson Yates was a Protestant Christian missionary who served with the American Southern Baptist Mission during the late Qing Dynasty in China.-Notes:...


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