Beihai diocese, one of the seven Catholicism dioceses of Guangdong Province, was founded in 1920. It was in charge of Catholicism affairs of 12 counties and cites like Qingzhou, Fangcheng, Lianzhou etc. The Bishop building was office of Beihai diocese. Episcopate is priestess of Catholicism having the authority to appoint and remove Father.
Bishop building was built between 1934 and 1935. It has two floors with 42 meters long, 17.84 meters wide and a total area of 750 sq.meters. People in Beihai all call it “Red Building” since it's beautiful and environment is really nice. It's one of the famous foreign buildings in Beihai. |