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Christianity Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global pop ...

is a minority faith in

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowin ...

, a municipality in China. Shanghai has the highest proportion of

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

residents of any province-level division in Mainland China (2003).According to Johnstone, Patrick; Schirrmacher, Thomas (2003). Gebet für die Welt. Hänssler. . The Roman Catholic Diocese of Shanghai has churches including

St. Ignatius Cathedral of Shanghai St. Ignatius Cathedral (), also known as the Xujiahui Cathedral () or the Xujiahui Catholic Church (), is a Roman Catholic cathedral, located in Xujiahui, Shanghai, China. Since 1960, St Ignatius has been the seat of the Bishop of Shanghai an ...

and She Shan Basilica. Shanghai has far more Christians than

Jews Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

. The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, which is close to the governing party Christian Democratic Union (Germany) of

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, has an office in Shanghai.

List of Protestant missionaries in Shanghai

Below is a selection of historic Protestant missionaries in Shanghai: * Young John Allen * William Jones Boone * William Jones Boone, Jr. * Joseph Edkins * Frederick Rogers Graves * Walter Russell Lambuth *

William Lockhart William Lockhart may refer to: * William Lockhart of Lee (1621–1675), Oliver Cromwell's ambassador at Paris * William Lockhart (surgeon) (1811–1896), medical missionary and fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons * William Lockhart (priest) (18 ...

* Walter Lowrie *

Walter Henry Medhurst Walter Henry Medhurst (29 April 179624 January 1857), was an English Congregationalist missionary to China, born in London and educated at St Paul's School. He was one of the early translators of the Bible into Chinese-language editions. Earl ...

* William Muirhead * Francis Lister Hawks Pott * Samuel Isaac Joseph Schereschewsky * James Hudson Taylor * Matthew Tyson Yates

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List of Shanghai churches

List of Protestant missionaries in Shanghai

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