The Co-Cathedral Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity ( pl, Bazylika Konkatedralna Trójcy Świętej) also called Chełmża Cathedral is a religious building belonging to the Catholic Church located in the city of

Chełmża Chełmża (german: Kulmsee, earlier ''Culmsee''), is a town in north-central Poland, in the Toruń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship. It is located at around . It is one of the historic centers of Chełmno Land. Geography The town Chełm� ...

, Poland. The church since 1994 has been the co-cathedral or alternate cathedral of the Diocese of Torun (''Dioecesis Thoruniensis'' or ''Diecezja Toruńska'') and received the status of

Minor Basilica In the Catholic Church, a basilica is a designation given by the Pope to a church building. Basilicas are distinguished for ceremonial purposes from other churches. The building need not be a basilica in the architectural sense (a rectangular ...

in 1982. It was built as a Cathedral of the ancient

Diocese of Chelmno In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

. Located on a lakeshore slope, it was built in stages from 1251 until the second quarter of the fourteenth century. During the construction of the cathedral, the structure was twice destroyed (1267 and 1286) during Prussian invasions. In 1422 there was a fire in the church as a result of the Lithuanian-Tatar raids and in 1950 a fire destroyed the ceilings of the vaults of the nave, the dome and the central arch beam. Reconstruction in the years 1968-1971 has restored the church to its original appearance.

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