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| native_name = 基督君王教堂
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| location = 34 Lujiao Road, Gulangyu Island, Xiamen, Fujian (FUJIAN) 361002. {{wipe|China}}
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| founder = Bishop Manuel Prat Pujoldevall
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| past bishop = Joseph Huang Ziyu
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| heritage designation = World Heritage Site
| designated date = 8 July 2017
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| archbishop = Peter Lin Jiashan
| bishop = Joseph Cai Bingrui
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}}'''Church of Christ the King''' located in Xiamen, on Gulangyu Island, {{wipe|China}} is a former cathedral and a World Heritage Site. It belongs to Roman Catholic Diocese of Xiamen.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Church of Christ the King|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/asia/4123.htm|access-date=2021-06-29|website=GCatholic}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Former cathedral now part of China's World Heritage island - UCA News|url=https://www.ucanews.com/news/former-cathedral-now-part-of-chinas-world-heritage-island/79774|access-date=2021-06-29|website=ucanews.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Fig. 6. A Catholic Church on Gulangyu Island, which was originally...|url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/A-Catholic-Church-on-Gulangyu-Island-which-was-originally-built-by-the-British-in-the_fig5_278401416|access-date=2021-06-29|website=ResearchGate|language=en}}</ref> 

The Christ the King Church was founded and built by a Spanish Dominican Bishop Manuel Prat Pujoldevall in year 1917.<ref name=":1" /> The church along with 51 notable sites on the Gulangyu island was included by the 41st session of the [[Organization:World Heritage Committee|World Heritage Committee]] held in Krakow, {{wipe|Poland}}, on 8 July 2017, as the World Heritage Site. Church celebrated its 100 years of existence. It still serves as the cathedral for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Xiamen.<ref name=":0" /> 

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