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The Catholic Church in Singapore
The Catholic Church in Singapore dates back to the founding of Singapore in
1819. In 1821, a missionary in transit ministered to a community of some 12
Catholics. By 1829, there were about 200 Catholics. The Catholic community grew
steadily and established a number of schools. In 1832, a boys' school was
started. It later became the St. Joseph's Institution, which was built in 1852,
and run by the La Salle brothers. Two years later, a girls' school run by the
Infant Jesus Sisters was built at Victoria Street.
On 22 December 1972, the late Pope Paul VI decreed Singapore a separate archdiocese, distinct from the previous Malacca-Johor Archdiocese. By an agreement which came into effect on 1 July 1981, the Bishop of Macau handed over jurisdiction of his subjects in Singapore to the Archbishop of Singapore. Since then, the Catholic Church has been under the jurisdiction of the Holy See in Rome.
There are 30 Catholic churches around the island. The Church runs 20 primary and 17 secondary schools, one pre-university school and one junior college, as well as the Mount Alvernia Hospital, Assisi Hospice, five homes for the aged and chronically ill, and one children's home.