Holy Trinity Cathedral (Kingston)

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Holy Trinity Cathedral is a Catholic church located in downtown Kingston, the capital of Jamaica.{{cite web |title=Holy Trinity Cathedral, Kingston, Kingston, Jamaica |url=http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/centralamerica/1989.htm |accessdate=2016-08-01 |publisher=gcatholic.org}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-OsEpcTYpMC&dq=Holy%2520Trinity%2520Cathedral%2520%28Kingston%29&pg=PA271|title=Hagia Sophia, 1850-1950: Holy Wisdom Modern Monument|last=Nelson|first=Robert S.|date=2004-07-14|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226571713|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yxun8f42yB4C|title=Sometimes There's a Winner: A Story of Poverty, Injustice & Revenge in Jamaica|last=Foreman|first=Paul|date=2011-11-29|publisher=Paul Foreman|isbn=9781467978798|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uiLs2O3BRhAC|title=Kingston: A Cultural and Literary History|last=Howard|first=David|date=2005-01-01|publisher=Signal Books|isbn=9781902669373|language=en}} It is located between North Street and George Headley Drive.

The church is the seat of the metropolitan Archbishop of Kington in Jamaica and was consecrated in 1911. Its Byzantine Revival design was conceived by American architect Raymond F. Almirall, at the bequest of bishop John J. Collins.{{cite book| last = Nelson| first = Robert S.| date = 2004| title = Hagia Sophia, 1850-1950: Holy Wisdom Modern Monument| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=r-OsEpcTYpMC| location = Chicago| publisher = University of Chicago Press| page = 190| isbn = 9780226571713}} Pope John Paul II paid a visit on 10 August 1993.

The cathedral was built after the destruction, in the earthquake of 1907, of the Church of the Holy Trinity in the Duke and Sutton streets. It is located on a site adjacent to Winchester Park, the works beginning in 1908.{{Cite news|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/lifestyle/Restoring-the-Cathedral--and-the-Community---HOLY-TRINITY-CATHEDRAL_8050516|title=Restoring the Cathedral, and the Community — HOLY TRINITY CATHEDRAL | date=17 October 2010 | newspaper=Jamaica Observer|accessdate=30 March 2019}}

The religious services for the state funerals of Prime Ministers Michael Manley and Edward Seaga were held at the Cathedral.{{Cite web |title= THOUSANDS PAY FINAL TRIBUTE TO MICHAEL MANLEY|url=https://nlj.gov.jm/BN/Manley_Michael/bn_manley_mn_014.pdf}}{{cite news| last= Patterson| first= Chris| date= 2019-06-23| title= Edward Seaga Laid to Rest| url= https://jis.gov.jm/edward-seaga-laid-to-rest/| work= Jamaica Information Service| location= Kingston| access-date= 2024-04-17}}

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