Church of the Immaculate Conception, Penang

Church of the Immaculate Conception
Country	Malaysia
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	http://www.iccpenang.com
Administration
Diocese	Penang
Clergy
Priest(s)	Fr. Michael Cheah

Church of the Immaculate Conception is a church and parish located in Pulau Tikus, Penang, Malaysia. The church was founded in 1811 and is the second oldest church in the diocese after Church of the Assumption.

History

The church was founded in 1811 by Fr. John Baptist Pasqual, from Phuket in Thailand. Fr. Paqual landed in Pulau Tikus and decided to build a church. Fr. Jacques-Honore Chastan, served as the fourth parish priest in the church from 1830-1833. He left for Korea to do his missionary work. He was persecuted by the Korean authorities to protect the Korean Catholics. Pope John Paul II in 1984 canonised him as a saint.

The original church building lasted until 1835 when it was replaced with a brick church. On the adjoining a boy's school, St. Xavier's Branch School and Pulau Tikus Convent was constructed there. In 1899, due to the collapse of one the ceilings in the church, it was rebuilt. The church survived until the late 1960s when it was further renovated until the facade today.

Currently, the church serves about 5,000 Catholics residing around the north and north-east zone of Penang Island. The church is led by Fr. Michael Cheah since October 2010. Another priest, Fr. Edmund Woon is based there and does counselling by appointment. It also administers the Chapel of St. Joseph, located in Hong Seng Estate, Mount Erskine.

Mass Times

Daily Masses
7:00am English (Monday & Tuesday)
6:00pm English (Wednesday-Friday)

Saturday Masses
Novena : 6:00pm English
Sunset Mass : 6:30pm English

Sunday Masses
8:30am English
11:15am Mandarin (2nd and 4th Sundays)
11:15am Tamil (1st, 3rd and 5th Sundays)
6:00pm English

References

External links

• Official Site
• Penang Diocese Official Website