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Kuala Lumpur > Cathedral of Saint Mary The Virgin

Jalan Raja
50050 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia

Tel: +603 2692 8672 / +603 2694 5470
Fax: +603 2693 7821
Email: stmarych@tm.net.my
Website: www.stmaryscathedral.org.my

Cathedral of Saint Mary The Margin, started as an unpretentious wooden building along Bluff Road top of the hill, was the first brick church erected in the native States of Penisula Malaya. This early English Gothic-style cathedral, shaped like cruciform, was designed by AC Norman. It consists of the nave, which has an open timbered roof, the chancel, raised above the nave floor level, paved with tessellated tiles and lit by three stained-glass windows.

On Saturday, 9 February 1895, the Anglican Church of St. Mary the Virgin was consecrated by the Rt. Rev. George Frederick Hose, Bishop of Singapore and Sarawak in the presence of a large and representative congregation. The church was a centre of worship of the small group of Anglicans in and around Kuala Lumpur at that time.

Of interest here is a virtually priceless pipe organ built in 1895 by Henry Willis, regarded as the greatest British organ builder in the nineteenth century.

OPENING HOURS:	Sunday services start at 10.00am
TEL:	+603 2692 8672 / +603 2694 5470
FAX:	+603 2693 7821
EMAIL:	stmarych@tm.net.my
WEBSITE:	www.stmaryscathedral.org.my
GETTING THERE:	Take the Putra LRT or STAR LRT to the Masjid Jamek Station. The cathedral is a 10-minute walk away and is situated beside the Royal Selangor Club.

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