St. Joseph Church

Title : St. Joseph Church

Topic : Virtual Shanghai

Location : Shanghai: French Concession

Date (start) : 1915

Estimated dates : 1915-1945

Nature : B&W Photo

Support image : Paper

Caption on support : Eglise St Joseph. Paroisse du Consulat rue Montauban. This was the first church erected in the French Concession. The first stone was laid in April 1860 and the first mass was celebrated on 29 June 1861 (Joseph de la Servire, Histoire de la Mission du Kiangnan, Vol. 1, p. 80).

Private Repository : Des Courtils family album

Keywords : Church;building;French;religion;Catholic;Christian

Keywords (fr) : église;bâtiment;français;religion

Street name : Montauban