In 1861, a missionary traveled some 60 kilometers east to set up the Immaculate Conception Church at Wanchin in the Wanluan district of Pingtung County.
一八六一年，郭德剛神父偕同傳道師篤哥，從高雄冒炎陽溽暑，跋涉六十餘公里，來到屏東縣萬巒鄉的萬金村，建立起「聖母無原罪堂」，篤哥就留在那兒傳教。