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Saint Paul's Cathedral is a cathedral church on the island of Land Planning and Development Control Ordinance
Appendix 3: Listed Buildings Nearby is Plantation House, also Grade I listed.
Diocese of Saint Helena
Parish of St Paul
Plantation House with the old Country Church behind, c. 1812
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Saint Paul's Cathedral is a cathedral church 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, but the latter has since been transferred away.
It is designated as a Grade I listed building.Appendix 3: Listed Buildings Nearby is Plantation House, also Grade I listed.
Parish
The parish 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
See also
* Saint James's Church - the oldest Anglican church in the southern hemisphere, situated in Jamestown *Saint Matthew, Hutt's Gate
Saint Matthew is a church on the island of Saint Helena and is part of the Diocese of St Helena. It is situated in Hutt's Gate in the Longwood district. The church opened in 1862. It is designated as a Grade II listed building.
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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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