The St. Anne Church of Bukit Mertajam can trace its beginning to 1833, when Chinese and Indian Catholics from Batu Kawan settled in the foothills of Bukit Mertajam. These people are peasants who had come to clear the land for cultivation. They were part of the congregation that had earlier settled at Batu Kawan in 1933. From there, the Catholics moved to Permatang Tinggi, Macang Bubok and Bukit Mertajam. The church was started by French missionaries from the Paris Foreign Missions Society that started their missionary work in the Far East as early as the 17th century. These missionaries visited Bukit Mertajam from Batu Kawan. There were already a congregation of 190 believers in those early days, farmers who are mostly Chinese Hakka and Indians. The chapel was named after St Anne because she was a popular saint among the French missionaries.
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