Edouard Dobbeleers, a Belgian architect from Antwerp, designed the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore. Bishop Godefroid Pelckmans commissioned it with Belgian aid and materials, and Bishop Fabian Eestermans consecrated it on November 19, 1907. The article calls the style Roman Byzantine. It stands on The Mall, on Lawrence Road, and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lahore.
In 2007 the Government of Pakistan issued a commemorative stamp for its centenary. A suicide bomber attacked a nearby office on March 11, 2008, which damaged its windows, and at least ten stained-glass windows were later restored in Belgium. It won the Belgian Heritage Abroad prize in 2015.
In 2020 a Punjab minister requested national heritage listing, and in 2022 the Walled City of Lahore Authority announced Rs 15 million for its conservation.
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