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St. Mary's Church, Chennai

<p><b>C.S.I. St. Mary's Church</b> is the <a href="/en/Anglican" title="Anglican" class="mw-redirect wl">Anglican</a> church located at <a href="/en/Fort_St_George" title="Fort St George" class="mw-redirect wl">Fort St George</a> in <a href="/en/Chennai" title="Chennai" class="wl">Chennai</a>, <a href="/en/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu" class="wl">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/en/India" title="India" class="wl">India</a>. It lies East of <a href="/en/Suez" title="Suez" class="wl">Suez</a> and also the oldest British building in India.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Hindu_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-Hindu-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> The church is popularly known as 'Westminster Abbey of the East'.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Hindu2_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-Hindu2-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></p>

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<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt5">Church in  Chennai, India</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: C.S.I. 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St. Mary's Church</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight:bold">Westminster Abbey of the East</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom:1px #aaa solid"><span><a href="/en/File:St_Mary's_Church_Chennai.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:St_Mary's_Church_Chennai.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/St_Mary%27s_Church_Chennai.jpg/250px-St_Mary%27s_Church_Chennai.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="2220" data-file-height="3042" data-file-type="bitmap" height="343" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/St_Mary%27s_Church_Chennai.jpg/375px-St_Mary%27s_Church_Chennai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/St_Mary%27s_Church_Chennai.jpg/500px-St_Mary%27s_Church_Chennai.jpg 2x" alt="St_Mary%27s_Church_Chennai.jpg"></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom:1px #aaa solid"><a class="mw-kartographer-map mw-kartographer-container center wl" style="width: 250px; height: 200px;" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="250" data-height="200" data-zoom="13" data-lat="13.0787" data-lon="80.2866" data-overlays="[&quot;_15d4879ed7f8782e2159b155e80fbf7fc423454e&quot;]" href="/en/Special:Map/13/13.0787/80.2866/en"><img loading="lazy"src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,13.0787,80.2866,250x200.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=St.+Mary%27s+Church%2C+Chennai&amp;revid=1144563803&amp;groups=_15d4879ed7f8782e2159b155e80fbf7fc423454e" alt="Map" width="250" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,13.0787,80.2866,250x200@2x.png?lang=en&amp;domain=en.wikipedia.org&amp;title=St.+Mary%27s+Church%2C+Chennai&amp;revid=1144563803&amp;groups=_15d4879ed7f8782e2159b155e80fbf7fc423454e 2x"></a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=St._Mary%27s_Church,_Chennai&amp;params=13.0787_N_80.2866_E_type:landmark_region:IN" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec">13.0787°N 80.2866°E</span><span style="display:none"><span>﻿</span> / <span class="geo">13.0787; 80.2866</span></span></span></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/en/Fort_St._George,_India" title="Fort St. George, India" class="wl">Fort St. George</a>, <a href="/en/Chennai" title="Chennai" class="wl">Chennai</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data category"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border"><a href="/en/India" title="India" class="image wl"><img loading="lazy"alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" data-file-type="drawing" height="15" width="23" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x"></a></span></span> <a href="/en/India" title="India" class="wl">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination" class="wl">Denomination</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/en/Church_of_South_India" title="Church of South India" class="wl">Church of South India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Previous denomination</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism" class="wl">Anglican</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="color:black; background:#CCCC99">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former name(s)</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Presidency Church</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/en/Streynsham_Master" title="Streynsham Master" class="wl">Streynsham Master</a></li><li>Rev. Richard Portman</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Dedication" title="Dedication" class="wl">Dedication</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Mary,_mother_of_Jesus" title="Mary, mother of Jesus" class="wl">Mary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Consecration" title="Consecration" class="wl">Consecrated</a></th><td class="infobox-data">28<span>&nbsp;</span>October<span>&nbsp;</span>1680<span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1680-10-28</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Past bishop(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">V. Devasahayam</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="color:black; background:#CCCC99">Architecture</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Functional status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Active; Preserved</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Groundbreaking" title="Groundbreaking" class="wl">Groundbreaking</a></th><td class="infobox-data">25<span>&nbsp;</span>March<span>&nbsp;</span>1678<span style="display:none"><span>&nbsp;</span>(<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1678-03-25</span>)</span> (<a href="/en/Lady_Day" title="Lady Day" class="wl">Lady Day</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data">1680</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="color:black; background:#CCCC99">Specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">80<span>&nbsp;</span>ft (24<span>&nbsp;</span>m)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">50<span>&nbsp;</span>ft (15<span>&nbsp;</span>m)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="color:black; background:#CCCC99">Administration</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Diocese" title="Diocese" class="wl">Diocese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Diocese_of_Madras_of_the_Church_of_South_India" title="Diocese of Madras of the Church of South India" class="wl">Diocese of Madras</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="color:black; background:#CCCC99">Clergy</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Bishop" title="Bishop" class="wl">Bishop(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/en/George_Stephen_Jayaraj" title="George Stephen Jayaraj" class="wl">George Stephen Jayaraj</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>



C.S.I. St. Mary's Church is the Anglican church located at Fort St George in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It lies East of Suez and also the oldest British building in India. 