Cathedral of the Good Shepherd

Cathedral of the Good Shepherd
Cathedral of the Good Shepherd
	Cathedral of the Good Shepherd
	1°17′45″N 103°51′05″E / 1.29595°N 103.85133°E
Location	A Queen Street, Singapore 188533
Country	Singapore
Denomination	Catholic Church
Website	cathedral.catholic.sg
History
Status	Cathedral
Founded	1832 (parish)
Founder(s)	Paris Foreign Missions Society
Dedication	The Good Shepherd
Consecrated	14 February 1897
Relics held	Saint Laurent Imbert
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Denis Lesley McSwiney
Style	Restrained Renaissance Revival
Years built	1844–1847
Groundbreaking	1844
Completed	6 June 1847
Specifications
Number of spires	1
Administration
Archdiocese	Singapore
Clergy
Archbishop	H. Em. Cardinal William Goh
Rector	Rev Fr Jude David
Assistant	Rt Rev Msgr Francis Lau Fr Samuel Lim Fr Xavier Nathanial
Laity
Reader(s)	Anne Kingsley-Lee
National monument of Singapore
Designated	28 June 1973
Reference no.	8

The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd (Chinese: 善牧主教座堂) is the oldest Catholic church in Singapore, built in 1847.^[2] It is located in the Museum Planning Area within the Civic District.

Bounded by the parallel Queen and Victoria Streets, and Bras Basah Road, the cathedral sits within shaded grounds. Much of its architecture is reminiscent of two famous London churches namely St Paul's, Covent Garden and St Martin-in-the-Fields.

The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd is the cathedral church of the Archdiocese of Singapore and the seat of its archbishop. It is the final resting place of Bishop Edouard Gasnier, the first bishop of the revived Diocese of Malacca and aptly houses the relics of Saint Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert, to whom the owes its name.

^ "List of Singapore's National Monuments" (PDF). Urban Redevelopment Authority. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
^ "History of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd". The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.

[1] "List of Singapore's National Monuments" (PDF). Urban Redevelopment Authority. 2011. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 November 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.

[2] "History of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd". The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2016.

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