▁the ▁chap el ▁and ▁bl essed ▁the ▁image ▁of ▁Our ▁Lady ▁Help ▁of ▁Christians , ▁which ▁was ▁copied ▁from ▁Our ▁Lady ▁of ▁Vict ory ▁in ▁Paris . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁attack ▁of ▁the ▁Ta ip ing ▁Reb ell ion , ▁the ▁Super ior ▁of ▁the ▁Jes uit ▁community ▁in ▁Shang hai , ▁Fr . ▁Gu ▁Z hen ▁Sh eng , ▁promised ▁the ▁B less ed ▁Virgin ▁that ▁if ▁the ▁dioc ese ▁was ▁sp ared ▁from ▁attack , ▁he ▁would ▁build ▁a ▁bas il ica ▁in ▁thanks g iving ▁for ▁Our ▁Lady ’ s ▁special ▁protection . ▁On ▁April ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 8 7 3 , ▁Bishop ▁L angu ill at ▁of ▁Shang hai ▁consec r ated ▁the ▁Bas il ica ▁on ▁the ▁hill top . ▁Since ▁then , ▁Our ▁Lady ▁of ▁Sh es han ▁has ▁become ▁the ▁special ▁prote ctor ▁of ▁the ▁Dioc ese ▁of ▁Shang hai . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 4 , ▁Pope ▁P ius ▁IX ▁granted ▁an ▁indul gence ▁for ▁all ▁pil gr ims ▁who ▁completed ▁a ▁pil gr image ▁to ▁the ▁S hr ine ▁during ▁the ▁month ▁of ▁May . ▁ ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁the ▁People ’ s ▁Government ▁of ▁Shang hai ▁returned ▁the ▁Sh es han ▁Bas ill ica ▁to ▁the ▁Shang hai ▁Catholic ▁Dioc ese . ▁ ▁The ▁Stat ue ▁of ▁Our ▁Lady ▁of ▁Sh es han ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 4 , ▁the ▁first ▁conference ▁of ▁b ish ops ▁met ▁in ▁Shang hai ▁and ▁adopted ▁the