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Holy Trinity Church is the principal Anglican church in Batu Gajah. It is located at Jalan Hospital, across from the Batu Gajah Prison, and a short walk from the Batu Gajah Hospital.
The Anglican church in Batu Gajah was established around the same time that the Catholics established the Church of St Joseph not far away. The person credited with its founding was Reverend F.S.P. Pyemont, who hailed from Taiping's All Saint's Church.
Holy Trinity Church, Batu Gajah (18 June 2011)
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Land for the proposed Anglican church was granted by the 28th Sultan of Perak, Sultan Idris Murshidul Azam Shah. The first structure may have been erected around 1887, while a more permanent one in 1895. It was the second Anglican Church building in the Federated Malay States after the All Saint's Church in Taiping, and it heralded the penetration of the Anglican faith in the country.
In the early days, most of the worshippers at the Holy Trinity Church were Europeans. But as the locals were converted, the number of Chinese and Tamil worshippers increased substantially, outnumbering the Europeans by 1918.
Today the Holy Trinity Church as been modernised a number of times. It continues to serve the Anglican community of Batu Gajah.
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