Saint Dominic's Cathedral (in Chinese 福州圣多明我主教座堂) is the main Cathedral

Cathedral

A cathedral is a Christian church that contains the seat of a bishop...

 in Fuzhou

Fuzhou

Fuzhou is the capital and one of the largest cities in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. Along with the many counties of Ningde, those of Fuzhou are considered to constitute the Mindong linguistic and cultural area....

 (Fujian

Fujian

' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...

) and it is at the side of the Minjian River in China. It is also known as the Pan-ship Oura Catholic Church.

The Church was founded in 1864 by Spaniard

Spain

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 Dominican

Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...

 religious.

In 1911, the Pan-ship Oura Catholic Church was erected as the Catholic Cathedral of the Diocese of Fuzhou. In 1932 the old building was remodeled in an area of 1371.4 square meters that can accommodate 2,000 people. Before 1949, of more of the 10,000 Catholics of Fuzhou, half of them did belong to the church (5153 people).

Following the Cultural Revolution

Cultural Revolution

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, the church was closed in 1966 and it was used for other purposes. It was reopened in 1985. In 1994 was the center of worship of about 16,000 Catholics and it still gather the half of the Catholic population of the Fuzhou.

The church is now listed among the major cultural relics of the Fujian Province. Urban developments of the South Riverside Avenue in 2008 were conducted by the Academy of Building Research in order to make some modifications without altering its beauty and original conception.