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Macau Churches

Cathedral

Chapel of Our Lady of Penha

Chapel of St. Francis Xavier

Chapel of St. James

Chapel of St. Michael

Guia Chapel

Our Lady of Carmel Church

Our Lady of Fátima Church

Our Lady of Sorrows Church

Protestant Chapel

Ruins of St. Paul's

St. Anthony's Church

St. Augustine's Church

St. Dominic's Church

St. Francis Xavier Church

St. Joseph's Church

St. Lawrence's Church

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Cathedral The present building stands on the site of several previous cathedrals. The original cathedral was the church of Our Lady of hope of St. Lazarus, declared the mother church of the Macau Diocese which included the religio more...	Chapel of Our Lady of Penha The first chapel was founded in 1622 by the crew and passengers of a ship which had narrowly escaped capture by the Dutch. The chapel served as a point of pilgrimage for sailors embarking on a hazardous voyage.The chapel more...
Chapel of St. Francis Xavier Built in 1951, this small attractive church is attached to an old people's home, near the hill of Mong-Ha. The interior is simple and tranquil with a black marble altar. High louvred shutters along the walls open onto pl more...	Chapel of St. James This tiny chapel built in 1740 in the Barra Fort on the tip of the peninsula is now an architectural part of the Portuguese inn, or pousada, which has been established on the foundations of the fort. It is a charming san more...
Chapel of St. Michael Set in the beautiful, landscaped Catholic Cemetery, this small chapel, built in 1875, is one of the best maintained buildings in Macau. Its exterior is painted green and white. A stained-glass window filters colored ligh more...	Guia Chapel This chapel was first built in the 17th century as part of the Guia Fortress. The present chapel dates from 1637, containing the image of the Virgin and a fine old painting of St. John the Baptist. During the restoration more...
Our Lady of Carmel Church Built in 1885, this church stands on a hill overlooking the sea, Taipa Village and the restored mansions of Old Taipa Praia.	Our Lady of Fátima Church Built in 1968, this is Macau's newest church and serves the people of the industrial Bairro Tamagnini Barbosa in the north of the city. It stands in a quiet courtyard behind wrought-iron gates. The design is contemporary more...
Our Lady of Sorrows Church This small church was built in 1966 to serve the needs of the settlement of Ka Ho, where the families of cured lepers and a few new cases live. It has a magnificent bronze crucifix over the north door. It was created and more...	Protestant Chapel To serve Macau' s small Protestant minority this chapel is appropriately situated in the cemetery where 150 British and American graves recall the days of the foreign trading and naval presence in Macau. The small stone more...
Ruins of St. Paul's All that remains of the greatest of Macau's churches is its magnificent stone facade and grand staircase. The church was built in 1602 adjoining the Jesuit College of St. Paul's, the first Western college in the Far East more...	St. Anthony's Church This church stands on the site of a chapel founded in 1558, the first to be built in Macau. The history of the present building is told briefly on a plaque by the door: "Built in 1638. Burnt in 1809. Rebuilt in 1810. Bur more...
St. Augustine's Church The original church was built by Spanish Augustinian friars in 1586 and taken over by the Portuguese three years later. The present building dates from 1814 and has a spacious interior with three aisles separated by colo more...	St. Dominic's Church Standing on the site of a chapel and convent built by the Dominicans in the 1590's St. Dominic's Church dates from the early 17th century. It has an imposing facade of cream-coloured stone with white stucco mouldings and more...
St. Francis Xavier Church Built in 1951, this small attractive church is attached to an old people' s home, near the hill of Mong-Ha. The interior is simple and tranquil with a black marble altar. High louvred shutters along the walls open onto p more...	St. Joseph's Church This church was opened in 1758 as part of the Jesuit seminary of St. Joseph. Located on a hill, with twin brick roofed towers, it was a famous landmark that was often a subject for artists. It is laid out in cruciform sh more...
St. Lawrence's Church Today the most fashionable church in Macau, St. Lawrence's Church was first built of wood in the 1560's, replaced by Taipa in 1618 and reconstructed in stone 1801-3. Further renovations took place throughout the 19th cen more...	St. Lazarus Church The first building on this site was the Hermitage of Our Lady of Hope, or more popularly St. Lazarus, established in 1570 to serve lepers. At the same time a settlement for lepers was built outside the old city walls. (T more...