| Holy Trinity Cathedral | |
| 聖三一座堂 | |
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| Location | 135, Ma Tau Chung Road, Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong. |
| Country | China |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | www.holytrinitychurch.org.hk |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Holy Trinity Church |
| Founded | July 15, 1890 |
| Founder(s) | 顧啟德 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Cathedral |
| Architectural type | Chinese traditional |
| Style | Temple |
| Completed | July 4, 1937 |
| Construction cost | HK$ 40,000 (as at 1936) |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Anglican Diocese of Eastern Kowloon |
| Province | Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui 香港聖公會 |
| Clergy | |
| Dean | The Very Revd Dr. Chan Hin Cheung |
| Chaplain(s) | The Revd Ip Hing Suen |
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| Chinese | 香港聖三一座堂 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Holy Trinity Cathedral, Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港聖三一座堂; pinyin: Xiānggǎng Shèng Sānyī Zuòtáng), is an Anglican Christian church situated in Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is the oldest Anglican church in Kowloon and was founded in 1890.[1][2] The cathedral is one of the three Anglican churches which have the "cathedral" status in whole of Hong Kong (The other cathedrals are St John's Cathedral and All Saints' Cathedral).[3]
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The cathedral was originally called Holy Trinity Church and it gained the "Cathedral" status in 2010. The church had been rebuilt three times and the present church building was built in 1937. It has survived from serious damages during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong in the Second World War.[1]
The cathedral is part of the world-wide Anglican communion under the province of Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui (Hong Kong Anglican); it is in the Diocese of Eastern Kowloon.
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