The Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church at No. 211 East Dazhi Avenue in Nangang District, Harbin, in China's Heilongjiang Province. Its origins lie with Polish Catholic workers who came to Harbin around 1900 to build the China Eastern Railway.
The priest Dominik Przyłuski laid the cornerstone in 1906, and the church was completed and dedicated in 1907. Over the years it was placed under the dioceses of St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, Beijing and Jilin. In 1959 it became the diocesan cathedral of the Heilongjiang Diocese.
The building was abolished during the Cultural Revolution in 1966. It was rebuilt in 2004, and it continues as a cathedral. The cathedral stands in the Nangang District of the city.
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