Santa Cruz Church (

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for 'Holy Cross Church'; th, วัดซางตาครู้ส, ), also known as Kudi Chin (, ), is a

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church in

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. It is in Khwaeng (sub-district) Wat Kanlaya of the

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on the west bank of Chao Phraya River, in the neighbourhood known as

Kudi Chin 250px, Santa Cruz Church and Kudi Chin community as seen from opposite side ( Pak Khlong Talat) Kudi Chin ( th, กุฎีจีน, ) or Kadi Chin (, ), also spelled "Kudee Jeen", etc. is a historic neighbourhood in Bangkok. It is in Wat Kanl ...

. A church was first built on the site, which had been granted to a community of Portuguese Catholics, around 1770. It was then the main Catholic church in Bangkok, and served as the seat of the Apostolic Vicariate of Siam until 1821, when Assumption Cathedral was completed. The current building, in

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style, was built in 1913–1916 to replace a second structure from 1845.

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