St. Francis Xavier Church, Tokyo, JAPAN - Roman Catholic Churches on Waymarking.com

Usually called as "Kanda Catholic Church". The shrine is registered as Cultural Properties by Japanese Government.

Located in the south of Suidobashi Bridge on a street corner. It is a basilica-style three-aisle chapel with semicircular arched apertures, Lombard-style eaves bellows, and four-leaf motifs on the exterior, and features a semicircular vaulted ceiling and a meeting hall on the side of the entrance. Designed by Max Hinder, the Switzerland Architect.

History;
1872: A foreign language school is established in Kojimachi Sanbancho by Priests from the Paris Foreign Mission.
Jan 1874: The foreign language school moves to a new location where this cathedral is located. A cathedral is established in the school at that time.
Sep 1, 1923: The cathedral collapses and burns down in the Great Kanto Earthquake.
Dec 9, 1928: The present cathedral is completed.

Type of Church: Church Status of Building: Actively in use for worship Date of building construction: 01/01/1874 Dominant Architectural Style: Romanesque style on outside, Renaissance style inside Archdiocese: Archidioecesis Tokiensis, Japanese Diocese: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tokyo Address/Location: 1-1-12 Nishikanda Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo JAPAN 101-0065 Relvant Web Site: [Web Link] Date of organization: Not listed Associated Shrines, Art, etc.: Not listed

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