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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 ).
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 Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Chinese: 圣母圣诞堂) is a Roman Catholic church in Singapore. It is located in Hougang, the North-East Region of Singapore, and is within the Serangoon District. [1] It is well known as the oldest Catholic church for the Teochew community in Serangoon.
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.
From 1910 to 1911, the church was further extended with the enlargement of the choir loft, construction of the entrance porch and the extension of the façade with the help of contributions from wealthy Chinese parishioners such as Mr Low Gek Seng, a manager of the Bangkok and Singapore-based merchant firm Kiam Hoa Heng.
It is currently the oldest playable organ in Singapore and is regularly used for Masses, concerts, recordings, and organ tours. In 2005, Lin Yangchen published an article titled Singapore's Answer to Notre Dame de Paris in The Organ describing both cathedral organs in detail (The Organ 334:8–10). He describes the unique situation presented by ...
The Church of St. Mary of the Angels is a Roman Catholic church in Singapore completed in 2004. It is located in the Bukit Batok Planning Area, within the West Region of Singapore. The church is home to both a parish community and Franciscan monastery. [2] Currently, the parish is home to some 8,500 parishioners.
The Church of Saint Alphonsus, or Novena Church as it is more popularly known, is a Catholic church in Singapore located at 300 Thomson Road. It is not a parish church and is under the care of the Redemptorists. [5] The name Novena Church refers to the novena prayer devotion, [6] [7] for which this church is famous.