St John's Cathedral (Hong Kong)

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St John's Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of St John the Evangelist
聖約翰座堂
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St John's Cathedral
St John's Cathedral (Hong Kong)
22°16′43.86″N114°9′34.41″E / 22.2788500°N 114.1595583°E / 22.2788500; 114.1595583
Location
Denomination Anglican
Churchmanship High church [1]
Website www.stjohnscathedral.org.hk
History
StatusCathedral
Dedication St John the Evangelist
Consecrated 1852
Architecture
Heritage designation
Designated5 January 1996
Reference no.60
Style Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking 1847
Completed1849
Specifications
Materials stucco, wood
Administration
Province Hong Kong & Macao
Diocese Hong Kong Island (since 1998)
Clergy
Archbishop Andrew Chan
Bishop(s) Matthias Der
Dean Chan Kwok-keung
Laity
Director of music Felix Yeung
Organist(s) Jonathan Yip
Music group(s)
  • Cathedral Choir
  • Evensong Choir
  • Children's Choir
  • Chinese Choir
  1. ↑ Wang, David; Tsai, Freda (2018). Encountering Twelve of Asia's Greatest Churches (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei: China Times Publishing. p. 170. ISBN   9789571376875. 聖約翰座堂因為保留和天主教相似的「高派」崇拜儀式，也成為望彌撒的最佳場所。[St John's Cathedral is also the best place to attend a Mass, because the congregation worships in the 'High Church' tradition, which is similar to that of the Catholic Church.]
  2. 1 2 Stuart., Wolfendale (2013). Imperial to international: a history of St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN   978-9882208469. OCLC   843532263.
  3. 1 2 Bard, Solomon (2002). Voices from the Past: Hong Kong, 1842-1918. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN   9622095747.
  4. 1 2 "St John's Cathedral – A Historical Tour". www.stjohnscathedral.org.hk. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "A Brief History of St John's Cathedral". St John's Cathedral. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "The Right Reverend Peter Kwong". anglicansonline.org. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  7. ↑ Goo, S.H.; Alice Lee (2003). Land Law in Hong Kong (2nd Edn). Hong Kong: Lexis Nexis. p. 3. ISBN   978-967-962-535-6.
  8. ↑ "Home". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ↑ "Hong Kong Tourism Board will organise some training programs preparing the Tour Guides" (PDF). Hkia.net. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  11. ↑ English: Captain William Thornton Bate RN Memorial in the grounds of St Paul's Cathedral, Hong Kong, 24 December 2017, retrieved 29 December 2017
  12. ↑ Museums, Imperial War. "Captain W T Bate, RN". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  13. ↑ Davies, Stephen (12 August 2016). "All about the ship that gave Hong Kong's Tamar complex its name". South China Morning Post . Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  14. ↑ "St John's Cathedral, Garden Road, Central – Declared Monuments – Antiquities and Monuments Office". Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  15. ↑ "CWGC Casualty Record". Cwgc.org. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  16. ↑ "St John's Cathedral – Cathedral Clergy". www.stjohnscathedral.org.hk. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
St John's Cathedral
Traditional Chinese 聖約翰座堂
Simplified Chinese 圣约翰座堂
Cantonese Yale Sing yeuk hohn joh tòhng
Deans of Hong Kong
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