Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Church of the Nativity, Butterworth (1 May 2015)


Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (GPS: 5.39794, 100.37167) is a Roman Catholic church in Butterworth, Penang. Often known by its acronym N.B.V.M., the church is located along Jalan New Ferry, in the Bagan Dalam neighbourhood of Butterworth.

The Church of the Nativity traces its beginnings to mission effort by Catholic priests visiting from the Church of the Assumption on Penang Island. Father Adrien Devals and Father John Baptist Souhait were the early missionaries who came by boat from George Town to conduct regular services for the Catholic families there. Most of the believers were Indians, which formed a substantial population of Butterworth at that time.

The mission effort led to the construction of a chapel in 1937. The parish received its first resident priest, Father Louis Ashness, in 1945. Father Louis was instrumental in the founding of the Assumption School, known today as Sekolah Kebangsaan Assumption.

Address

Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
3972 Jalan New Ferry
12100 Butterworth, Penang.
PHone: 324 9635

Getting there

It is actually possible to walk to the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Butterworth Ferry Terminal, though it is quite a distance. Go along Jalan New Ferry until you arrive at its entrance on the right side of the road. It is a very short ride on the bus from Penang Sentral. Buses passing in front of the church are Rapid Penang bus 701, 702, 709 and 801.

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The old building of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (11 December 2017)


Shrine to the Virgin Mary at the Church of the Nativity (1 May 2015)

The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary is on Map of Jalan New Ferry, Butterworth, Penang

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