Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Mathura

{{short description|Church in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}}

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| location = Mathura

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| founder = Frederic Growse

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The Sacred Heart Catholic Church is an architecturally notable church in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India. The design combines Gothic principles, Indian craftsmanship, and a Russian dome.

The church was built in the 1870s by Frederic Growse, a British civil servant, and convert to Catholicism, on the site of a shed which had previously been used as a Catholic chapel. Growse paid a third of the cost, with donations also being received from the bankers Seth Lachhman Das and Seth Lakhmi Chand, and others. The Persian carpet covering the steps of the altar was given by Agra's superintendent of the central prison John W. Tyler, and the Stations of the Cross came from the 10th Royal Hussars. Examples of local art are seen in the carvings on its doorways, window traceries and the kiosks by the dome. Growse intended it for a mixed congregation of Europeans and Indians.