St. Joseph the Worker Church | |
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Façade of the church | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Freguesia Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau, China |
Geographic coordinates | 21°11′50″N 113°32′43″E / 21.19722°N 113.54528°E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Luis Tomás Piñeiro Nagy |
Type | Church |
Groundbreaking | 1998 |
Completed | 1999 |
The St. Joseph the Worker Church ( Chinese: 聖若瑟勞工主保堂; Portuguese: Igreja de São José Operário) is a church in Macau, China; It is part of the freguesia of Our Lady of Fatima, in the district Iao Hon. Begun in 1998, it was completed in 1999. [1]
Inside there are exhibited fourteen oriental icons that represent the main events of Christianity, from Abraham to Pentecost. On the main altar stands a statue of the Holy Family. [2]
This is the main church of the neighborhood and the parish was given from bishop Domingos Lam Ka-tseung to Combonian fathers in 1999. [3]
St. Joseph the Worker Church | |
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| |
Façade of the church | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Freguesia Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau, China |
Geographic coordinates | 21°11′50″N 113°32′43″E / 21.19722°N 113.54528°E |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Luis Tomás Piñeiro Nagy |
Type | Church |
Groundbreaking | 1998 |
Completed | 1999 |
The St. Joseph the Worker Church ( Chinese: 聖若瑟勞工主保堂; Portuguese: Igreja de São José Operário) is a church in Macau, China; It is part of the freguesia of Our Lady of Fatima, in the district Iao Hon. Begun in 1998, it was completed in 1999. [1]
Inside there are exhibited fourteen oriental icons that represent the main events of Christianity, from Abraham to Pentecost. On the main altar stands a statue of the Holy Family. [2]
This is the main church of the neighborhood and the parish was given from bishop Domingos Lam Ka-tseung to Combonian fathers in 1999. [3]