Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi

St. Patricks Cathedral
St. Patricks Cathedral
Religion
Affiliation	Roman Catholic
District	Archdiocese of Karachi
Leadership	Archbishop Benny Mario Travas
Year consecrated	1881
Location
Location	Karachi, Pakistan
Architecture
Architect(s)	Father Karl Wagner, SJ
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1879
Specifications
Capacity	1500
Length	52 metres
Width	22 metres

St. Patrick's Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Karachi, and is located near the Empress Market in the Saddar locality in central Karachi. The church was completed in 1881, and can accommodate 1,500 worshipers. At the front of the cathedral, there is the Monument to Christ the King, built between 1926 and 1931 to commemorate the Jesuit mission in Sindh.^[1]

^ Colgrove, Rosemary (2010). Eye on the Sparrow: The Remarkable Journey of Father Joseph Nisari, Pakistani Priest. Hillcrest Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-936400-87-4.

[1] Colgrove, Rosemary (2010). Eye on the Sparrow: The Remarkable Journey of Father Joseph Nisari, Pakistani Priest. Hillcrest Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-936400-87-4.

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