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The initial budget was ₨ 5,128, and was to accommodate 120 people. However, as a result of rising costs and insufficient funds it was decided to reduce the capacity of the church building to 100. The building works were initiated in 1842 by Rev. Alfred Fennel, and the church building was
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of 1837, when Mangalore was attacked. The fortification of Mangalore resulted in a need for the church to meet the spiritual and moral needs of the British soldiers and citizens. Hence, in 1841, Rev. R W Whitford, garrison chaplain appealed to the
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conquered the fort of Mangalore and went on to build a Portuguese Fort of St. Sebastian (the present Deputy Commissioner's Office). Portuguese rule continued till 1763 when Mangalore was captured by the Muslim ruler
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After construction, the internal area of the church is 57 by 25 feet (17.4 m × 7.6 m), with sufficient place allowed for the pulpit, sanctuary, lectern and clergy stall, could seat nearly 100 people.
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completed and was furnished before the arrival of Bishop Spencer to Mangalore, and was consecrated on 5 January 1843. The final cost of construction was ₨ 7,215. The church was constructed using prison labour.
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Extensive repairs to the church were undertaken in 1897, during which the church tower was added. The church tower of St. Paul's has a clock, with two dials. The clock was made in the Mangalore workshop of the
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The church in Madras : being the history of the ecclesiastical and missionary action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
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to construct a church in Mangalore, which was accepted. In 1842, Rev. Alfred Fennell succeeded Rev. Whitford. The church building was completed in 1842, and consecrated by
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Government, built using prison labour. St. Paul's is an imposing structure amidst the chaos of the fish market, service bus stand, and the State Bank of India.
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The construction site of the St. Paul's Church, Mangalore, was at the Fort St Sebastian, the main seat of British power in
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worshipped in St. Paul's Church until 1862, when the Balmatta Hill Shanti Church (now Cathedral) was established.
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region. St. Paul's was originally a garrison church, raised by the British India army of the
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St. Paul's Cemetery is located on Old Kent Road, near the railway tracks of the
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St. Paul's Church is located at the south-west corner of the
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who died in battle from 1855, and burial records from 1859.
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Front view of St. Paul's Church, Mangalore
12°51′42″N 74°50′15″E / 12.86165°N 74.8375°E / 12.86165; 74.8375
Mangalore
India
Denomination
Church of South India
Tradition
Anglican
Consecrated
Style
English Baroque
Groundbreaking
Diocese
Karnataka Southern Diocese
Anglican
Mangalore
Nehru Maidan
Protestant
South Kanara
Madras
Portuguese fleet
Hyder Ali
First Anglo-Mysore War
Tippu Sultan
Treaty of Mangalore
fall of Tippu Sultan
Fourth Anglo-Mysore War
Seringapatam
Madras Presidency
Capt. Thomas Munro

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