[2] In 1906, the Diocese of Fukien (Fujian) was established within the Church of England, with Horace MacCartie Eyre Price as its inaugural bishop.

John Hind laid the foundation stone on 1 November 1924, and Sa Zhenbing, governor of Fujian, gave an address.

[4] According to Frances Slater, the cathedral was also built to commemorate John Richard Wolfe, an Anglican missionary in Fuzhou.

[5] After the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, members of the Diocese of Fukien (Fujian) first signed "The Christian Manifesto" in 1950 at the cathedral.

On 30 July 1951, at an evening gathering at the cathedral, the diocese declared to severe its ties with the Church of England.

[4] Parts of the church site was occupied by a local pharmaceutical factory in 1958, and all Christian services halted after the Cultural Revolution began in 1966.

[3] After the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party in 1978, the church was returned to Christian use.