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  2. Presbyterian Church in Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    The main church used was the old St. Paul's Church (renamed as the Bovenkerk by the Dutch) built by the Portuguese in 1521 as the Nosa Senhora (Portuguese: Our Lady of the Hill) chapel on the summit of St. Paul's Hill. Construction of a new church started in 1741 to replace the ageing Bovenkerk and was completed in 1753.

  3. Christian Brethren of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Category:Churches in Penang - Wikipedia

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    Fort Cornwallis chapel; S. St. George's Church, Penang; W. Wesley Methodist Church Penang This page was last edited on 9 June 2022, at 01:40 (UTC). ...

  5. Fort Cornwallis chapel - Wikipedia

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    The chapel is the earliest roofed structure from the colonial period surviving in Penang, with the building's first recorded use as a Christian chapel taking place in 1799, when a marriage ceremony was conducted between Martina Rozells, widow of Francis Light, founder of the British colony of Penang, and John Timmers, a Dutch merchant. [1] [2]

  6. Church of the Risen Christ, Penang - Wikipedia

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    In September 2009, the old church was handed over to the contractor for renovation. The church was redesigned and in October 2010, the newly renovated church was ready. The dedication ceremony of this church was held on 1 January 2011, Bishop Antony Selvanayagam dedicated the newly renovated church. Currently, the parish priest post is held by ...

  7. Church of the Immaculate Conception, Penang - Wikipedia

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    The Church of the Immaculate Conception (Malay: Gereja Kandungan Suci, Tamil: அமலோற்பவ அன்னை தேவாலயம்) is a Roman Catholic church within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. The church was founded in 1811 and is the second oldest church in the diocese after Church of the Assumption.

  8. St. George's Church, Penang - Wikipedia

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    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 church lies within the jurisdiction of the Upper North Archedeaconry of the Anglican Diocese of West Malaysia.

  9. Church of the Assumption (Penang) - Wikipedia

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    In December 1941, when the Japanese conquered Penang, the church was closed except for a few masses. It was said that during one day, when the bells of the church were tolled, a Japanese soldier went into the church to cut off the ropes, saying that the bells were noisy. Life went back to normal when the Japanese surrendered in August 1945.