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Etching of the Penang Mission Chapel, circa 1824. Early Brethren missionary work in Malaysia is not well recorded but can be traced to the early work of nonconformist Christian missionaries. In 1821, a mission house was purchased in Penang by the London Missionary Society (LMS) and used as a Chinese girls' school. A chapel was opened in the ...
On the adjoining a boys' school, St. Xavier's Branch School and Pulau Tikus Convent was constructed nearby. In 1899, due to the collapse of one of the ceilings in the church, it was rebuilt. The church survived until the late 1960s when it was further renovated until the facade today.
The Risen Christ Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located at Ayer Itam, the church was established in 1968 and is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Penang.
On 1 February 1948, the Federation of Malaya Government was formed. In 1955, the two dioceses of Kuala Lumpur and Penang were created and the consecration of first local bishops Dominic Vendargon and Francis Chan took place. In 1957, on 31 August, Malaya gained independence, and its first prime minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, was appointed.
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Currently, the Church of Divine Mercy caters to about 2,500 Catholics residing in the Bayan Lepas area (also serving the Catholic staff based in the Penang International Airport and nearby industrial factories, as well as their dependents and relatives, both local Penangites and migrants from across the country and, to a lesser extent, expatriates).
St. George's Church is a 19th-century Anglican church within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang.The oldest purpose-built Anglican church in Southeast Asia, it was elevated by to the status of pro-cathedral in 2023. [4]
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.