History of
the Catholic Church in Singapore
The Roman Catholic Church in Singapore was initially under
the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Malacca erected in 1558.
She was transferred to the Vicariate Apostolic of Ava and
Pegu in 1838 and then the Vicariate Apostolic of Siam in
1840. In 1841, the Church was placed under the jurisdiction
of the Vicariate Apostolic of Western Siam that was erected
from the Vicariate Apostolic of Siam. Initially called the
Vicariate Apostolic of Western Siam, the name was changed to
the Vicariate Apostolic of the Malay Peninsula and finally
the Vicariate Apostolic of Malacca-Singapore.
In 1888, the Church was once again placed under the
jurisdiction of the Diocese of Malacca when the Diocese was
revived. The Diocese of Malacca was raised to the rank of an
archdiocese in 1953. In 1955, the Archdiocese of Malacca was
split and an ecclesiastical province was formed in its place
comprising of the Archdiocese of Malacca-Singapore as the
metropolitan see and the dioceses of Kuala Lumpur and Penang
as suffragan dioceses.
In 1972, the Archdiocese of Malacca-Singapore was split into
the Diocese of Malacca-Johor and the Archdiocese of
Singapore with the Archdiocese of Singapore coming under the
direct jurisdiction of the Holy See.
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