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St
Thomas
Church
is
an
Anglican
Church
which
is
also
known
as
the
Church
of
Bangladesh
.
The
church
premise
was
in
an
area
of
lush
greeneries
with
the
famous
Bahadur
Shah
Park
at
a
stone's
throw
distance
on
the
south.
The
north-south
axial
Nawabpur
Road/Johnson
Road,
the
most
important
commercial
street
connecting
the
old
part
of
the
city
with
the
new,
is
on
the
west
and
separated
the
area
from
the
court,
Bank,
DC's
office
and
Jagannath
University
buildings
across
it.
In
fact
the
church
overlooking
the
greens
is
a
major
focal
of
the
city
centre
in
the
nineteenth
century.
Construction
of
the
church,
located
on
the
east
side
of
Johnson
Road,
began
in
1819
and
was
completed
in
1821.
It
was
inaugurated
on
10
July
1824
by
Bishop
Reginald
Heber
of
Calcutta
(Kolkata)
while
he
was
visiting
Dacca
(Dhaka).
It
has
served
as
cathedral
church
since
1951.
It
is
said
that
the
convicts
from
Dhaka
Jail
gave
their
labour
to
build
this
church
as
well.
The
Anglicans,
Presbyterians,
Congretationalists
of
East
Bengal,
and
various
Methodist
and
Baptist
bodies
joined
together
to
form
the
Church
of
Pakistan
in
the
early
1970s.
After
Bangladesh
won
its
independence
from
Pakistan
in
1971,
the
Diocese
of
Dhaka
emerged
from
the
Church
of
Pakistan
as
the
independent
Church
of
Bangladesh.
The
church
is
led
by
most
reverend
Paul
S.
Sarkar
who
in
January
2003
became
the
third
bishop
of
the
Church
of
Bangladesh.
The
71
parishes
are
divided
into
2
dioceses.
The
church
has
approximately
15,600
members
(2005).
It
has
been
a
member
of
the
World
Council
of
Churches
since
1975
and
functions
as
part
of
the
larger
worldwide
Anglican
Communion
The
attraction
of
this
building,
built
after
the
style
of
east
churches,
with
a
square
clock
tower
with
arch
windows
on
its
walls.
The
square
clock
tower
rises
in
two
stages,[4]
its
top
is
embattled.
The
roof
used
wooden
battens
on
iron
joists.
The
roofs
of
the
verandas
on
either
side
are
set
upon
sloppy
korhikath.
The
delicate
stone
and
brick
works
of
this
white
plastered
building
are
still
as
immaculate
as
it
has
been
for
nearly
two
centuries.
A
small
porch
leads
to
the
entrance
of
the
church
supported
on
four
columns
which
are
of
perpendicular
gothic
design
on
top
of
the
entranc.
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