Guiyang ‘North’ Catholic Church, near Youyi Rd 贵阳北天主教堂

Biggest in Guizhou province, built in 1875 in a mixture of Western and Chinese styles.  Masses on Sunday at 9:00 am and 7:00 pm. There is an active seminary training Chinese priests at the site.  Map:

interior

front detail, incl. rose window, date of consturction  创建时间和玫瑰花窗

before restoration, from www.chiyou.name/page/new/2007/ywdls/

See many Guiyang historical photos, including this church, described in a Chinese article at: http://shanshuiqiancheng.soufun.com/bbs/3314011348~-1/53710480_53710480.htm

十九世纪的贵阳天主教堂。清乾隆三十九年（1774年）天主教传入贵阳。道光三十年（1850年）天主教贵州教区第一任主教白斯德望修建了贵阳第一所 正式天主教堂。同治十三年贵州主教李万美将原教堂拆除重建，光绪元年因火灾使即将完成的教堂付之一炬，后再行重建，于次年完工，即今上北堂之大教堂。 目前，贵阳北天主教堂仍是全省天主教的中心和最大的教堂。

images from : www.chiyou.name/page/lzp/btzt.htm , from www.17u.com/blog/article/1519083.html ,  uploaded at http://www.flickr.com/photos/98531730@N02/9480998747/in/set-72157634952466595 , http://www.flickr.com/photos/98531730@N02/9483733368/in/set-72157634952466595/

Guiyang’s “South” Catholic Church 贵阳南天主堂, 位于贵阳新华路与兴隆街交汇处

Article in Chinese with photos of this and still other Catholic churches and related buildings in various stages of repair, at: www.xiangtu.org/archives/286.html , photo and aricle in Chinese uploaded at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/98531730@N02/9481304907/in/set-72157634952466595/