Christ The King Chapel, Catholic chapel in Wan Chai District, Hong Kong.
Christ The King Chapel is a Classical Revival church on Cockerel Road in Causeway Bay, built on a Latin cross plan with a rounded dome at the crossing. Corinthian columns ring the facade, all round except four square corner pillars, and the sloping roof is laid with Chinese tiles. The clock in the pediment stopped at 12:26.
The chapel was built in 1928, designed by Father Robat of the Paris Foreign Missions Society and funded by Lady Ho Tung. During the 1941 Japanese invasion, nuns sheltered wounded people inside the convent and church. In 1995 the convent's chapel was renamed Christ the King Chapel.
The chapel shares part of its space with St. Paul's Convent School, and the convent also uses the school hall for services. Mass is held in Cantonese, English and Indonesian, reflecting the congregation the Sisters of St Paul de Chartres serve. The name Christ the King was given to the convent chapel in 1995.
The chapel stands at 1 Causeway Road, its main front facing northeast toward St. Paul's Hospital. It shares part of its space with St. Paul's Convent School, and the convent also uses the school hall for services. Sunday Masses are held at 08:30 and 10:00 in Cantonese, 11:30 in English and 13:30 in Indonesian; weekday Mass is at 06:40 in Cantonese.
The clock on the main façade stopped and has read 12:26 ever since, so the time it shows never changes. The building is listed as a Grade I historic building, and the chapel shares part of its space with St. Paul's Convent School, whose hall also serves as a church.
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