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The Diocese of St Helena was founded in 1859 and is the fourth oldest diocese in
the Church of the Province of Southern Africa. It originally consisted of the Islands
of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, but since the 1960's it has consisted
of St Helena and Ascension Island. There are three Parishes on St Helena with 11
churches: St Paul's Cathedral Parish which consists of St Paul's Cathedral, and four
daughter churches: St Andrew's, Half Tree Hollow, St Helena of the Cross, Blue Hill,
St Martin's in the Hills, Thompson’s Hill and St Peter's, Sandy Bay; The Parish of
St James, with 3 daughter churches: St John's, Upper Jamestown, St Mary's, the Briars,
and St Michael's, Rupert’s Valley; The Parish of St Matthew, Hutts Gate with one
daughter church, St Mark's, Longwood; and a congregation at
Levelwood, but no church. St James' Church in Jamestown is the oldest Anglican Church
in the southern
hemisphere, the present building was put up in 1772. There is one
Parish on Ascension with one church -
