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Pulau Tikus Pulau Tikus is a northwestern suburb of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. Situated between the city centre and Tanjung Tokong, this upper class suburb was named after a rock just off the coast of Penang Island. It is home to small minorities of ...

, George Town,

Penang Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Malay ...

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, George Town,

. The church was founded in 1811 and is the second oldest church in the diocese after Church of the Assumption.

History

The church was founded in 1811 by Fr. John Baptist Pasqual, from

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. Fr. Pasqual landed in Pulau Tikus and decided to build a church. Fr. Jacques-Honore Chastan (now a saint), served as the fourth parish priest in the church from 1830 to 1833. He left for

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to do his missionary work. He was persecuted by the Korean authorities for protecting the Korean Catholics. Pope John Paul II in 1984 canonised him. The original church building lasted until 1835 when it was replaced with a brick church. 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. Currently, the church serves about 5,000 Catholics (traditionally Eurasians, but nowadays also from other ethnicities such as

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, Indians as well as internal migrant Sabahans of

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descent and also Sarawakians;

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and

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, who are working or studying and living in the state of Penang especially in the northern suburbs of Georgetown city and to a lesser extent, expatriates and

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) residing around the north and north-east zone of

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especially in the suburbs or neighbourhoods of

Batu Ferringhi Batu Ferringhi is a suburb of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. Located along the northern coast of Penang Island and about northwest of the city centre, it is the prime beach destination in Penang among locals and tourists. To cater to the influ ...

Tanjung Bungah Tanjung Bungah (also spelt as ''Tanjong Bungah'') is a suburb of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. It is located along the northern coast of Penang Island between Batu Ferringhi and Tanjung Tokong, and about northwest of the city centre. Tanjung ...

Tanjung Tokong Tanjung Tokong is a suburb of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. It is located along the northeastern coast of Penang Island, next to Pulau Tikus and northwest of the city centre. Over the recent decades, the former fishing village has been transfo ...

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and

Mount Erskine Mount Erskine is a residential neighbourhood within the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. This hilly neighbourhood, northwest of the city centre, is situated between the Tanjung Tokong and Pulau Tikus suburbs to the north and to the south ...

. The church is led by Fr. Jude Miranda since October 2018 and it also administers the Chapel of St. Joseph located in Hong Seng Estate, Mount Erskine.

Mass Times

Daily Masses
6:00pm English (Angelus prior to Mass) Saturday Masses
Novena: 5:30pm English
Sunset Mass: 6:00pm English Sunday Masses
8:30am English
11:30am English (1st Sundays)/Tamil (2nd and 4th Sundays)/Bahasa Malaysia (3rd Sundays)

References

External links

Official Site

Penang Diocese Official Website
1811 establishments in the British Empire Roman Catholic churches in Penang Tourist attractions in George Town, Penang {{RC-church-stub

History

Mass Times

See also

References

External links