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Capela em Memória de Morrison

Morrison Memorial Chapel or Capela em Memória de Morrison is also known as the Protestant Chapel. It is a small chapel next to the Protestant Cemetery in Macau. It was named in honor of Robert Morrison (1782-1834), the person who produced the first Chinese-English Dictionary. Morrison was also also the first to translate the Bible into Chinese.

Within Morrison Memorial Chapel is a stained glass window. It shows the picture of an open Bible with the Chinese characters for "In the beginning was the Word". On either side of the stained glass window are plaques. The one on the left commemorates Henry Davies Margesson who drowned off Yokohama on his voyage home from China to England. The one on the right commemorates James B. Endicott, an American trader, and Henry Davies Margesson who

The Morrison Memorial Chapel is still a functioning chapel with services every Sunday at 9:00am. It is one of the sites within the Historic Centre of Macao as inscribed by Unesco as a World Heritage Site.

Getting there

Buses that pass by the Protestant Chapel include No. 8A, 17, 18, 19 and 26.

Nearby Sights

  • St Anthony's Church
  • Camoes Garden
  • Protestant Cemetery

    Protestant Chapel Location Map



    Photos of Morrison Memorial Chapel


    Entrance to Morrison Memorial Chapel and the Old Protestant Cemetery (9 November 2007)
    © Timothy Tye


    Morrison Memorial Chapel (9 November 2007)
    © Timothy Tye


    Inside Morrison Memorial Chapel (9 November 2007)
    © Timothy Tye

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