St Paul's Cathedral, St Helena

St Paul's Cathedral
Jamestown, St Helena St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Status:	Cathedral
Paul's Cathedral
	Anglican Church of Southern Africa
	Diocese of St Helena
Location
Location:	15°57’24"S, 5°43’13"W
History
	Built 1850-1851
Information

Saint Paul's Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Diocese of St Helena. It is to be found approximately two miles south of Jamestown on St Helena, the main island of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha and while the cathedral has been deemed sufficient grounds for granting Jamestown the status of a city, the cathedral actually stands in the neighbouring district, St Paul's.

St Paul's 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 off to the See of Cape Town.

The cathedral is designated a Grade I listed building. 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:

• St Andrew's, Half Tree Hollow
• St Helena of the Cross, Blue Hill
• St Martin's in the Hills, Thompsons Hill
• St Peter's, Sandy Bay

See also

• St James's Church - the oldest Anglican church in the southern hemisphere, situated in Jamestown
• St Matthew, Hutt's Gate

Outside links

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