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The Minor Basilica of St. Anne (Malay: Basilika Minor St. Anne, Tamil: புனித அன்னமாள் தேவாலயம், Punitha annamaal Tēvālayam) is a Roman Catholic church in Bukit Mertajam, Penang, Malaysia. It is one of the parishes in the Diocese of Penang.
Bukit Mertajam is a suburb of Seberang Perai in the Malaysian state of Penang.It also serves as the seat of the Central Seberang Perai District.As of 2020, Bukit Mertajam had a population of 12,079.
Map of Penang Island surveyed by Commander F C P Vereker in 1884. With an area of 295 km 2 (114 sq mi), Penang Island is the fourth largest island wholly in Malaysia, after Banggi Island, Bruit Island and Langkawi Island. It is also the most populated island city in the country, with a population of 794,313 as of 2020. [1]
The Cathedral of the Holy Spirit is a Roman Catholic cathedral within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang.Sited at the residential estate of Island Park near Green Lane, the cathedral is a World Heritage Church (minor) and the seat of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Penang, currently Cardinal Sebastian Francis.
The Minor Basilica and Archdiocesan Shrine Parish of Saint Anne, commonly known as Santa Ana Church, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located in Barangay Santa Ana, Taguig, Philippines. It is under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Pasig .
The Minor Basilica of St. Anne at Bukit Mertajam plays host to the annual Novena feast, which draws thousands of pilgrims from abroad. [109] The 'Street of Harmony' at Seberang Jaya has nine places of worship, each representing a different faith, and is a tribute to religious diversity within the township.
The first hill station, Penang Hill, was founded in 1787 on Penang Island. It was soon followed by Bukit Larut (1884) and Mount Kledang (1892) in Perak, Treacher Hill (1893) in Selangor, Fraser's Hill (1919) and Cameron Highlands (1925) in Pahang, and Mount Angsi (year unknown) in Negeri Sembilan.
Penang became a part of the vicariate which expanded until Singapore. When the Vicariate of Malaya was formed in 1841, Penang became one of its districts, and subsequently went under the jurisdiction of newly formed Diocese of Malacca in 1888. [1] In the 1940s, World War II affected Penang. Some churches were closed all the time except for ...