Church needs to do more to achieve cathedral status


Penang Centennial Heritage Excellence Award was conferred on St George’s Anglican Church in Farquhar Street. — KT GOH/The Star

AFTER receiving the Penang Centennial Heritage Excellence Award, the St George’s Anglican Church is looking forward to becoming a cathedral.

The church’s Suffragan Bishop Rt Rev Dr Stephen Soe said although the Diocesan Bishop Rt Rev Dr Steven Abbarow had announced that the church was to serve as a cathedral, many goals had to be achieved to reach that status.

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