[1] In 1873, French Jesuit priest Henri Le Lec (刘德耀) came to Yangzhou, Jiangsu, to buy a piece of land to build a church.

[1] In 1949, the Roman Curia set up the Apostolic Prefecture of Yangzhou and the church has served as the cathedral since then.

[1] In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broke out, the bell tower and Crucifixion were removed and the altar was smashed by the Red Guards.

[1] In April 1995, it was designated as a provincial cultural relic preservation organ by the Jiangsu government.

[1] The church faces east in the west with a Gothic Revival architecture style, covering an area of 357-square-metre (3,840 sq ft).