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St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris is a parish church of the Church of England located in Penwerris, near Falmouth, Cornwall. The church is Anglo-Catholic and under the care of the Bishop of Oswestry rather than the diocesan bishop.

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St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris
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St Michael and All Angels Church, Penwerris
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DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipAnglo-Catholic
History
DedicationSt Michael and All Angels
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseTruro
ParishPenwerris, Cornwall
Clergy
Priest(s)Revd Mark Terence Mesley SSC
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The church was originally dedicated to the Holy Trinity, but this was later changed to St Michael & All Angels.[when?] It is a plain rectangular building of stone erected in 1827 and opened on 9 January 1828. It consists of a nave only and a western gallery.[1] Penwerris only became a parish in 1848; until then it was part of the parish of Budock.[2] St Michael and All Angels is a Grade II listed building; it was listed in 1973.[3][4] The east chancel window was installed in 1908 and depicts the virtues Fortitude and Purity, as well as a pelican pricking itself to feed its young.[5]

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Organ

The church has a two-manual pipe organ by Hele & Co dating from 1889. A specification of the organ can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.[6]

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