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The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd before its restoration in 2006. The Roman Catholic Church in Singapore was initially under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Malacca, [2] [3] [4] established by the papal bull pro excellenti praeeminentia issued by Pope Paul IV on 4 February 1558 as one of two new suffragan dioceses (the other being Diocese of Cochin) to the Archdiocese of Goa.
The Catholic Church in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (its two small Malay neighbors) is composed of a Latin Church hierarchy, joint in the transnational Episcopal Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, consisting of three ecclesiastical provinces in Malaysia, a non-metropolitan archdiocese for Singapore, and a pre-diocesan Apostolic Vicariate for Brunei.
The OLPS Church was blessed and declared open for worship on 7 October 1961 by Michael Olcomendy, Archbishop of the Malacca-Singapore Archdiocese. [1] In the following years the parish population increased to some 8,500, and it was desired to provide catechism and kindergarten education for a growing number of children; there was consequently ...
Portuguese Catholic missionaries first came to Singapore in the late 15th century. In 1833, the first Catholic chapel opened in the city and a mission school followed in 1852. In 1885, the ...
In 2016, the Catholic Foundation of Singapore reported the Catholic population in Singapore to be over 373,000. [ 1 ] According to the 2020 census, 18.9% of Singaporeans identify as Christians – 37.1% of which identified as Catholic and the 62.9% as 'Other Christians' (chiefly Protestants ).
The Church of St Francis Xavier is a Roman Catholic parish of the Archdiocese of Singapore, established in 1959 to cater to the needs of the residents of Serangoon Gardens as well as the neighbourhoods of Braddell Heights and Serangoon.
It was established as the Diocese of Malacca, [1] [2] and elevated to Archdiocese level in 1953. In 1955, the Archdiocese of Malacca was split and an ecclesiastical province was formed in its place comprising the Archdiocese of Malacca-Singapore as the metropolitan see and the Diocese of Kuala Lumpur and Diocese of Penang as suffragan dioceses.
It is located at Upper Bukit Timah Road along the boundary of the Bukit Panjang and Bukit Batok planning areas, within the Northern District of Singapore. Established in 1845, Saint Joseph's Church is the second oldest church in Singapore, after the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, and is also the last remaining Catholic church to feature a ...