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| Cathedral of the Good Shepherd | |
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.svg)  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 |
| 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 |
| Designated | 28 June 1973[1] |
| 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.