Cathedral of Hongtong

Cathedral of Hongtong (Chinese: 洪洞天主教堂; pinyin: Hóngtóng Tiānzhǔjiàotáng) is the cathedral of Hongtong County, in Shanxi, China.

[1] In 1932, the Holy See set up the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hongdong.

[1] In 1958, Hongtong County was selected as one of the two pilot counties for the elimination of religion in China (the other is Pingyang County, Zhejiang).

[1] The Catholic church was completely destroyed and the cathedral was demolished.

[1] It was rebuilt in 2002 with a Gothic architecture style.