St John’s Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Evangelist is the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong Island, and mother church to the Province of Hong Kong and Macao.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: cathedral of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
  • Also known as: “St John’s Cathedral (Hong Kong)”, “St John’s Cathedral, Hong Kong”, “St. John’s Cathedral”, “St. John’s Cathedral (Hong Kong)”, “St. John’s Cathedral, Hong Kong”, and “聖約翰座堂 St. John’s Cathedral”
  • Address: 4-8 花園道 Garden Road

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cheung Kong Park and Hong Kong Park.

Park
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is a small garden located in the of and named for Li Ka Shing's corporate empire. The park is privately maintained by Cheung Kong Holdings, but is open to the public.

Park
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is a public park next to Cotton Tree Drive in , . Built at a cost of HK$398 million and opened on 23 May 1991, it covers an area of 80,000 square metres and is an example of modern design and facilities blending with natural landscape.

Museum
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, built in 1846, is the oldest example of colonial architecture remaining in Hong Kong. It is located at 10 Cotton Tree Drive, – within the . is situated 300 metres east of St John’s Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Government Hill and Central Hong Kong.

Neighborhood
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is a hill in , bounded by upper section of Upper Albert Road on the south, Queen's Road Central north, Garden Road east, and Glenealy, west of .

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Central and Western is a district of Island. It is the political, administrative and financial hub and home to some fantastic skyscrapers and Victoria Peak.

Suburb
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is an affluent residential area on in . It is located between and . Residents are predominantly more affluent Hong Kong locals and expatriate professionals.

St John’s Cathedral

Latitude
22.27877° or 22° 16′ 44″ north
Longitude
114.15966° or 114° 9′ 35″ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Levels
3
Open location code
7PJP75H5+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 107497695
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Geo­Names ID
6951522
Wiki­data ID
Q2942473
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In Other Languages

From Central Bikol to Yue Chinese—“St John’s Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Central Bikol: “Katedral nin San Juan Evangelista (Hong Kong)”
  • Central Bikol: “Katedral nin San Juan Evangelista”
  • Chinese: “聖約翰座堂”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Janskathedraal (Hongkong)”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Janskathedraal”
  • Esperanto: “Katedralo de Sankta Johano”
  • French: “cathédrale Saint John de Hong Kong”
  • French: “Cathédrale Saint-Jean-l’Évangéliste de Hong Kong”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Santo Yohanes”
  • Japanese: “聖ヨハネ座堂 (香港)”
  • Japanese: “聖ヨハネ座堂”
  • Korean: “성 요한 대성당”
  • Latin: “Ecclesia Cathedralis Sancti Ioannis”
  • Russian: “Церковь Сент-Джонс”
  • Yue Chinese: “聖約翰座堂”

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