The Holy Trinity Cathedral, officially known as Cathedral Church of the Most Holy Trinity is an

Anglican church Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...

Accra, Ghana Accra (; or ''Gaga''; ; Ewe: Gɛ; ) is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , had a population ...

. Completed in 1894, it is part of the Anglican Diocese of Accra in the

Church of the Province of West Africa The Church of the Province of West Africa is a province of the Anglican Communion, covering 17 dioceses in eight countries of West Africa, specifically in Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Ghana is th ...

History

The funding for the Cathedral came from the colonial British government and was initially patronized by colonial expatriates. It was designed by

Aston Webb Sir Aston Webb, (22 May 1849 – 21 August 1930) was a British architect who designed the principal facade of Buckingham Palace and the main building of the Victoria and Albert Museum, among other major works around England, many of them in par ...

. In 1909, the building was deemed a cathedral upon the creation of the Diocese of Accra.Anglican Archdiocese of Accra
Holy Trinity Cathedral

Gallery

Trinity Cath Accra web.jpg, Postcard photo of Trinity Church, . Basel Mission Book Depot no. 28 Holy Trinity Cathedral (Accra) Tower.jpg, Holy Trinity Cathedral tower

References

Anglican cathedrals in Africa Anglicanism in Ghana Protestant cathedrals in Ghana Churches in Accra Churches completed in 1894 19th-century Anglican church buildings 1890s establishments in Gold Coast (British colony) 19th-century churches in Africa Victoriaborg, Accra {{Ghana-church-stub