Immaculate Conception Cathedral, Ürümqi, Catholic cathedral in Ürümqi, China.

The Immaculate Conception Cathedral stands on Heping South Road in the Tianshan district. Rebuilt in 1989 to a design by the Xinjiang Architectural Design Institute, it covers over 4,000 sq m: a 40 m-long, 15 m-wide hall with a 27 m bell tower, plus clergy housing and a refectory on a one-metre platform. The hall has a pointed gable, diamond-patterned roof and 28 crescent-shaped windows; the bell tower carries a cross above a domed roof. The 7 m courtyard gate, designed by Bishop Xie Tingzhe, rests on eight red columns under glazed tiles.

The cathedral was founded in the early 1900s when Catholic missionaries were expanding their work throughout the Xinjiang region. This establishment reflects a period when Christian communities were being formed in this distant area.

The cathedral is the seat of the Apostolic Prefecture of Sinkiang, created as a mission sui juris by Pope Pius XI's brief Decet Romanum Pontificem in 1930 and raised to its present status in 1938. Its congregation long consisted mainly of Han Chinese whose families moved to Xinjiang from Xian County, Hebei. Bishop Paul Xie Tingzhe (謝庭哲) has led the community.

The cathedral stands on Heping South Road in the Tianshan district. The compound gate, 7 metres wide, is held up by eight red pillars under glazed-tile eaves; the church, residences and refectory are separate parts of the site, with the living quarters raised on a one-metre platform. The nave seats more than 500 people.

This cathedral is one of the few Christian structures in a region where Islam is the predominant faith. The building stands as a testament to the religious complexity and history of the city.