Dhaka District
DCC (Kotwali)
Ward - 78

St Thomas Church

St. Thomas Cathedral Church is a cathedral belonging to the Diocese of Dhaka of the Church of Bangladesh, which is a United Protestant denomination that formed as a result of a merger between the Anglican and Presbyterian churches in the region.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: church in Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Also known as: “St Thomas Church Dhaka” and “St Thomas Church, Dhaka”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pogose School and St. Francis Xavier’s Girls’ High School.

School
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Pogose Laboratory School and College, IER, Jagannath University was established in Dhaka on June 12, 1848, as the first private school of the country by Armenian merchant Nicholas Pogose, who was an ex-student of . is situated 220 metres southwest of St Thomas Church.

School
St. Francis Xavier's Girls' School & College is a Bengali-medium Catholic secondary school in the area of , Bangladesh. It is operated by the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, a Roman Catholic religious order. is situated 220 metres southeast of St Thomas Church.

Mosque
Photo: Mak, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the earliest surviving mosque in , built in 1454 by Bakht Binat, the daughter of Marhamat. It was built during the rule of the Sultan of Bengal, Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah. is situated 610 metres east of St Thomas Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shakhari Bazar and Bangla Bazar.

Quarter
Photo: Ahemed Imteaz-nsu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shankhari Bazaar is one of the oldest areas in Bangladesh's , broadly known as Shankhari Potti. It stretches along a narrow lane, lined with richly decorated brick buildings, built during the late Mughal or Colonial period.

Suburb
is the oldest neighbourhood of , which existed before Mughal Period. Currently, the largest publication and book market of Dhaka is located in the area.

Photo: Shmunmun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a term used to refer to the historic old city of , the capital of Bangladesh. It was founded in 1608 as Jahangirabad or Jahangirnagar, the capital of Mughal Province of Bengal and named after the Mughal emperor Jahangir.

St Thomas Church

Latitude
23.71019° or 23° 42′ 37″ north
Longitude
90.41223° or 90° 24′ 44″ east
Open location code
7MMGPC66+3V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 948448052
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q7595551
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Spanish—“St Thomas Church” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Kisha Katedrale e Shën Thomait në Dhaka”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট থমাস চার্চ, ঢাকা”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه سانت توماس دكا”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de Santo Tomás (Daca)”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Santo Tomás”

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