Kelawei Road Catholic Cemetery, Penang

Kelawei Road Catholic Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery off Kelawei Road in Pulau Tikus, George Town. It is the burial place of the Roman Catholics, and contain some early graves of the Eurasians who were the parishioners of the Church of the Immaculate Conception.

The Catholic Cemetery of Pulau Tikus is located on the opposite side of Kelawei Road from Gurney Plaza. The entire area was once a Eurasian village, the remnant of which can be seen from the Penang Eurasian Association located at Solok Serani nearby.

You will not fail to notice the highest column in the cemetery. That is the cenotaph around which the earliest Thai Eurasian Catholics were buried.

Catholic Heritage Sites in Pulau Tikus

The Thai Eurasian Catholics were the earliest group to settle in Pulau Tikus. Their heritage sites can still be visited today:

Church of the Immaculate Conception
This is the church that began as a chapel that the Eurasians established back in 1835.
St Chastan Monument
Monument to one of the two teachers at College General who was martyred in Korea, beatified in 1925 and canonised in 1984.
St Joseph's Novitiate
The St Joseph Training College that was once next to College General, now the site of Gurney Paragon.
Penang Eurasian Association
Association of the small community of Eurasians in Penang, based at their former settlement in Pulau Tikus.
Kelawei Road Catholic Cemetery
Cemetery of the early Eurasian settlers in Pulau Tikus.

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