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The historic churches of Sai Kung from a group of 11 churches established in the 19th and 20th centuries by missonaries in the Sai Kung area, across the the Sai Kung District and Tai Po District of Hong Kong.

The churches were established by missionaries from the Seminary of Foreign Missions of Milan (now the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions).^[1] The first missionary to take up residence in Sai Kung, in 1865, was Fr. P. Gaetano Origo (1835-1868).^[2]

List of churches

Location	Notes	Status	References
Tai Long Tsuen (大浪村), Tai Long Wan 22°25′03″N 114°22′18″E / 22.417524°N 114.371676°E / 22.417524; 114.371676	Chapel of the Immaculate Conception (聖母無原罪小堂) Built in 1867.	Grade III	[1] [2] [3]
Chek Keng 22°25′16″N 114°21′00″E / 22.421198°N 114.349919°E / 22.421198; 114.349919 (Holy Family Chapel, Chek Keng)	Holy Family Chapel (聖家小堂) Built in 1874 to replace an earlier chapel that had been seriously damaged by a storm in 1867.	Grade II	[4] [5]
Tan Ka Wan (蛋家灣) 22°27′05″N 114°21′39″E / 22.451285°N 114.360923°E / 22.451285; 114.360923 (St. Peter's Chapel, Tan Ka Wan)	St. Peter's Chapel (聖伯多祿小堂) Built in 1873.	Not listed	[6]
Sham Chung (深涌) 22°26′36″N 114°17′12″E / 22.443210°N 114.286710°E / 22.443210; 114.286710	Epiphany of Our Lord Chapel (三王來朝小堂) Built in 1879.	Not listed	[7]
Pak Sha O (白沙澳) 22°26′52″N 114°19′09″E / 22.44785°N 114.319266°E / 22.44785; 114.319266	Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel (聖母無玷之心小堂) Built in 1880.	Grade III	[8] [9]
Yim Tin Tsai 22°22′39″N 114°18′06″E / 22.377457°N 114.301681°E / 22.377457; 114.301681 (St. Joseph's Chapel, Yim Tin Tsai)	St. Joseph's Chapel (鹽田梓聖若瑟小堂) Built in 1890.	Grade II	[10] [11] [12]
Pak Tam Chung (北潭涌) 22°23′30″N 114°19′16″E / 22.391804°N 114.321110°E / 22.391804; 114.321110	Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel aka. Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows Chapel (聖母七苦小堂) Built in 1900.	Not listed	[13]
Pak A (北丫), High Island 22°21′16″N 114°20′59″E / 22.354425°N 114.349651°E / 22.354425; 114.349651 (Lung Shun Wan Mission Centre)	Lung Shun Wan Mission Centre (龍船灣天主堂) Built in 1910.	Not listed	[14] [15]
Long Ke (浪茄) 22°22′35″N 114°22′30″E / 22.376502°N 114.375000°E / 22.376502; 114.375000	Nativity of Our Lady Chapel (聖母聖誕小堂) Built in 1918.	Not listed	[16]
Wong Mo Ying (黃毛應), Tai Mong Tsai 22°24′12″N 114°17′43″E / 22.403394°N 114.295251°E / 22.403394; 114.295251	Rosary Mission Centre (玫瑰小堂) Built in 1923.	Grade II	[17] [18] [19]
Sai Wan 22°23′45″N 114°22′16″E / 22.395962°N 114.371073°E / 22.395962; 114.371073 (Star of the Sea Chapel, Sai Wan)	Star of the Sea Chapel aka. Star of the Sea Mass Centre (海星彌撒中心) Built in 1953.	Not listed	[20] [21]