Rosary Church

Rosary Church
玫瑰堂
Rosary Church, Chatham Road South, Hong Kong
Map
Websiterosarychurch.catholic.org.hk
History
StatusParish Church
Founded10 December 1904
DedicationOur Lady of Pompeii
Consecrated23 May 1905
Architecture
Architectural typeGothic
Administration
DioceseHong Kong
Clergy
Bishop(s)Stephen Chow
Priest(s)Mario E. Gutierrez Carrejo
Assistant priest(s)Michael J. Sloboda
Paul Meng Wei Jun
Deacon(s)Thomas Lam
Rosary Church
Traditional Chinese玫瑰堂
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationMùih gwai tòhng
JyutpingMui4 gwai3 tong4
The ceiling of Rosary Church

Rosary Church is located at 125 Chatham Road South, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the oldest Catholic church in Kowloon.[1] The church is in Gothic style; the original plan was based on a Roman Basilican model. The church, St. Mary's Canossian College and St. Mary's Canossian School in adjacent belongs to same building cluster.

It was classified as Grade II Historic Building in 1990 and it has been a Grade I Historic Building since 2010.[2]

  1. ^ Sally Rodwell. 1991. A Visitor's Guide to Historic Hong Kong. ISBN 962-217-212-1
  2. ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office: List of the Historic Buildings in Building Assessment (as of 22 March 2011) Archived 27 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine