057_Saint_Paul's_Cathedral,_Anglican_Diocese_of_Saint_Helena

Saint Paul's Cathedral is a

cathedral A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...

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on the island of

St Helena Saint Helena () is a British overseas territory located in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a remote volcanic tropical island west of the coast of south-western Africa, and east of Rio de Janeiro in South America. It is one of three constitu ...

and is part of the

Diocese of St Helena The Diocese of Saint Helena is an Anglican diocese within the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It covers the islands of Saint Helena and Ascension in the Atlantic Ocean and was created in 1859. St Paul's Cathedral is on Saint Helena. Histor ...

. It is located approximately 2 miles south of Jamestown in the district of St Paul's. It replaced "the Country Church" which existed from the early days of St Helenian colonisation in the late 17th century. Building work on the new church began in 1850, was completed in 1851 and the church became the cathedral in 1859 when the Diocese of St Helena was established. At the time the diocese included the islands of Ascension and

Tristan da Cunha Tristan da Cunha (), colloquially Tristan, is a remote group of volcanic islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is the most remote inhabited archipelago in the world, lying approximately from Cape Town in South Africa, from Saint Helena ...

, but the latter has since been transferred away. It is designated as a Grade I listed building.Land Planning and Development Control Ordinance
Appendix 3: Listed Buildings Nearby is

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, also Grade I listed.

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The

parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

of St Paul's Cathedral (one of three parishes on the island) consists of Saint Paul's Cathedral and four daughter churches: * Saint Andrew's,

Half Tree Hollow Half Tree Hollow is the smallest by area of the eight districts of the island of Saint Helena, part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is a suburb of Jamestown and i ...

* Saint Helena of the Cross, Blue Hill * Saint Martin's in the Hills, Thompsons Hill * Saint Peter's, Sandy Bay

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Diocese of Saint Helena
Parish of St Paul
Plantation House with the old Country Church behind, c. 1812
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