Diocese of Southern Karnataka of the Church of South India

The areas which comes under Karnataka southern diocese are Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Kodagu, Chikmagalur, Hassan, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajanagar, Kasaragod and Talavady Firkha (Tamil Nadu).

The Collector of Mangalore at that time, H M Blair, bought a plot at what was then known as ‘Belmount’ and handed it over to the Basel Mission free of cost.

[5] The church is dedicated in memory of George William Sawday, a missionary born in England who arrived in Mysore in 1880 and did community service for 64 years till his death in 1944.

St. Paul's was originally a garrison church, raised by the British India army of the Madras Government, built using prison labour.

[9][10] St. Paul's is an imposing structure amidst the chaos of the fish market, service bus stand, and the State Bank of India.