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Christ Church is an Anglican cathedral in Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania. It belongs to the Anglican Church of Tanzania . It is a landmark historical church, [ 1 ] as well as one of the most prominent examples of early Christian architecture in East Africa .
The Bishop of Zanzibar is the Diocesan of an island diocese in the Anglican Church of Tanzania. [1] Its current bishop is Michael Hafidh. [ 2 ] The bishop's seat is Christ Church, Zanzibar , the Anglican cathedral in Stone Town , Zanzibar , Tanzania .
View of the cathedral of Christ Church, Zanzibar.. The Diocese of Zanzibar was founded in 1892, and developed separately from that of Eastern Equatorial Africa. Whilst mainland Tanzania was largely under the influence of evangelical missionary societies, Zanzibar was evangelised by Anglo-catholic missionaries, and represented a far more high church form of Anglicanism.
The Anglican Cathedral of Christ: The Church of Christ was built in the heart of Stone Town by Bishop Edward Steere at the site of the former slave market. The church was deliberately built to celebrate the end of slavery and the church's altar is built upon the site where the main whipping post of the market used to be.
The Anglican cathedral of Christ Church, on Mkunazini Road, was built at the end of the 19th century by Edward Steere, third bishop of Zanzibar. [27] The cathedral was constructed in a large area at the centre of Stone Town that previously hosted the biggest slave market of Zanzibar; the place was deliberately chosen to celebrate the end of ...
Cathedrals of the Anglican Church of Tanzania: St Albans Cathedral Church in Dar es Salaam [ 2 ] 6°48′50″S 39°17′15″E / 6.81389°S 39.28750°E / -6.81389; 39 Cathedral of Musoma [ 3 ]