Under construction Sacred Heart Cathedral of Harbin is a
Roman Catholic church in
Harbin,
Heilongjiang Province,
China. The church's history can be summarized as follows: • ca. 1900, while
China Eastern Railway being built, many
Polish people came to Harbin to work. The greater majority of them were
Catholics. • 1906 - The cornerstone was set by the priest Dominik Przyłuski and the construction of a Catholic church began. It was completed and dedicated in the following year. The church was also called
Polish Catholic Church or
East Dazhi Avenue Catholic Church • Thereafter, the church came under
St. Petersburg,
Vladivostok,
Beijing and
Jilin Dioceses • 1959 - The church became the diocesan cathedral of Heilongjiang Diocese • 1966 - During the
Cultural Revolution, the church building was abolished • 2004 - The church building was re-built The address of the church is: No. 211, East Dazhi Avenue, Nangang District, Harbin. Phone: 0451-5365-3007. The church is located in the "church street", north east of "Hongbo Square' (where Czar Nicolas' Central Church was), on East Dazhi Avenue, where there are also
Harbin Nangang Christian Church (
Protestant) and
Church of the Intercession in Harbin (
Eastern Orthodox). ==See also==