St. Mary's Cathedral, Kuala Lumpur
| St. Mary's Cathedral | |
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| Cathedral of St. Mary the Virgin | |
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| Location | Jalan Raja, Kuala Lumpur |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Churchmanship | Anglican |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Founded | 1894 |
| Past bishop(s) | Rt. Rev. Tan Sri Dr. Roland Koh Rt. Rev. Tan Sri Dr. J.G. Savarimuthu Rt. Rev. Tan Sri Dr. Lim Cheng Ean |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | A.C.A. Norman |
| Architectural type | Early English Gothic |
| Administration | |
| Archdeaconry | Upper Central Archdeaconry |
| Diocese | Diocese of West Malaysia |
| Province | Province of South East Asia |
| Clergy | |
| Archbishop | Rt. Rev. Datuk Ng Moon Hing |
| Bishop(s) | Rt. Rev. Datuk Ng Moon Hing |
| Dean | Very Rev. Dr. Andrew Cheah |
| Honorary priest(s) | Rev. Gordon Kong Rev. Timothy Philips |
| Pastor(s) | Ps. Vincent Murphy Ps. John Layang |
| Archdeacon | Ven. Canon Eddie Ong |
| Deaconess(es) | Datin Dulcie Abraham |
| Laity | |
| Reader(s) | James Chee Ruban Peter Nanda Goban |
| Organist(s) | Deanna Chan Josephine Kong Patrick Joseph Christina Sankey Paul Davidson |
| Churchwarden(s) | Joseph Manuel |
The Cathedral of St. Mary the Virgin or St. Mary's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Diocese of West Malaysia of the Anglican Church of the Province of South East Asia, located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is the Episcopal see of the Anglican Bishop of West Malaysia and the mother church of the diocese.
The original church was consecrated to the Virgin Mary by the Right Reverend George Frederick Hose, the Bishop of Singapore, Labuan & Sarawak, on 13 February 1887. This structure was built of timber on Bluff Road, on top of a hill now known as Bukit Aman, where the headquarters of the Royal Malaysian Police is now located. It served as the centre for worship and spiritual life for the small group of Anglicans around Kuala Lumpur at that period. Notable parishioners of the church in that period include the British Residents of Selangor, W.H. Treacher and F.A. Swettenham (later Resident-General of the Federated Malay States and Governor of the Straits Settlements).
In 1893, a decision was made to erect a new building to house the growing congregation, and a new site was found beside the Padang or Parade Ground (now known as Dataran Merdeka or Independence Square) of the Selangor Club. The amount raised by the congregation for the building of the new church was supplemented by a gift of five thousand Straits dollars from the government of Selangor on a suggestion by the Governor of the Straits Settlements, Sir Cecil Clementi Smith. Notable local contributors to the building fund included personalities like Yap Kwan Seng and K. Thamboosamy Pillay, even though they were not Christians themselves.
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