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Saint Joseph's Church (Chinese: 聖若瑟堂) is a Roman Catholic church in Singapore. It is located along Victoria Street in the Rochor Planning Area, within the Central Area of Singapore's central business district. The church was constructed from 1906 to 1912 with its foundation stone laid in 1904.
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 ...
The Parochial House of St Joseph's Church is a building on Victoria Street, Singapore. Currently the lodgings for the rector of the Saint Joseph's Church , it previously served as the headquarters of the local Portuguese mission.
The vast majority of Catholics in the early years of Singapore would comprise the Eurasians, who were chiefly located in the Waterloo St and Serangoon Road areas and were members of St Joseph's Church (143 Victoria St, rear of Queen St), the former Portuguese Mission church, along with two schools, St Anthony's Boys School and St Anthony's Convent.
St Joseph's Institution (SJI), originally known as St. John's Institution, was founded in 1852 [3] [4] as the first missionary establishment of the De La Salle Brothers in the Far East. This endeavour was initiated by Rev Fr Jean-Marie Beurel MEP, who offered the opportunity to six Brothers from Europe to start the school using a former chapel ...
He returned to Singapore in 1852 with some Brothers from the Brothers of the Christian Schools and with them he later founded Saint Joseph's Institution at the former chapel in May 1852. In July 1852, he asked the Straits Settlements Government once again for land next to the church for a charitable institution for girls, he was told that there ...
Land surrounding the church, such as St Joseph's Lane and Kok Nam Lane, were acquired by the government. [5] Parishioners were resettled elsewhere in Singapore, such as Whampoa, Ang Mo Kio and Marine Parade while other Singaporeans moved into Hougang with the mass building of Housing Development Board (HDB) flats in the area. [3]
A stone sculpture artwork on display at the Singapore Art Museum. The former Saint Joseph's Institution (Chinese: 前圣约瑟书院) is a historic building in Singapore, located at Bras Basah Road in the Museum Planning Area, within the Central Area. The building previously housed the Lasallian school Saint Joseph's Institution. However, it ...