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The Holy Trinity Cathedral Church, also known as Sialkot Cathedral, is an Anglican cathedral located in
Sialkot Sialkot ( ur, ) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of Sialkot District and the 13th most populous city in Pakistan. The boundaries of Sialkot are joined with Jammu (the winter capital of Indian administered Jammu and Ka ...
Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. It is located in the Sialkot Cantonment on The Mall (Quaid-i-Azam Road).


History

Its first stone was laid on March 1, 1852. The church was consecrated by the Rt. Rev Daniel Wilson, Bishop of Calcutta, on January 30, 1857, Sialkot at the time being in the Diocese of Calcutta. It now belongs to the
Church of Pakistan The Church of Pakistan is a united Protestant Church in Pakistan, which is part of the Anglican Communion and a member of the World Communion of Reformed ChurchesDatabase (9 February 2006)"Sialkot Diocese of the Church of Pakistan" Reformed Onl ...
Diocese of Sialkot.


References

Church of Pakistan cathedrals in Pakistan Church of Pakistan church buildings in Pakistan Buildings and structures in Sialkot 1852 establishments in British India {{Anglican-church-stub