Registers and Records : 1749-1950.
Call Number: | HIL-MICL FC LCR .N6P3H3R4 |
Category: | Church |
Creator: | St. Paul's Church (Halifax, Nova Scotia : Anglican). |
Description: | 4 microfilm textual records (9 books) ; 35 mm |
Background: | St. Paul's Church is known as the oldest Protestant church in Canada. Open air services were held in 1749 until the church was built and opened for use in 1750. An act was passed by the Legislature in 1759 constituting the Parish of St. Paul. St. John's Church, Lunenburg, is the second oldest Protestant church in Nova Scotia. It was built in 1754. St. Paul's Parish, Halifax, Halifax County, was incorporated in 1759, with St. Paul's (established 1750) as the parish church. The parish originally encompassed "all lands lying and being in the township of Halifax," but its activities extended across the province through the active missionary work of its clergy. The first division of the parish came in 1827, when Saint George's was erected as a separate parish to serve the north end of Halifax. The parish was again subdivided in 1858, when St. Luke's was erected as a separate parish to serve the south end. (Nova Scotia Archives) |
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Borrowed for microfilming by the Nova Scotia Archives in 1954 and 1966. Records cannot be reproduced without written permission of the parish rector. See the St. Paul's Anglican Archives. |
Archival Ref. No.: | Nova Scotia Archives MG 4 and MG 4, No. 91 (St. Johns). |
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Electronic Finding Aid Record: |
St. Paul's Church Document and Shelf List.pdf |
Notes: | Researchers are advised to use the Microfilm Shelf List and Table of Contents in print for accurate information. |
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