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Cathedral · Singapore

Cathedral of the Good Shepherd

Singapore, Central Area, Singapore

CathedralMission HistoryNational MonumentRelicsCatholic Southeast Asia: Martyrs, Mary & Inculturation collectionActive Roman Catholic cathedral and gazetted national monument; the relic relationship is documented by the custodian and national heritage authority.

Why pilgrims come

A sacred place worth the journey.

Singapore’s oldest Catholic church and cathedral is a national monument with roots in the nineteenth-century mission and preserves relics associated with St. Laurent Imbert, who served in the region before martyrdom in Korea.

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The pilgrim’s guide

What makes this visit meaningful

Use the cathedral as an urban doorway into Singapore’s Catholic beginnings and the missionary path that links Southeast Asia to the Korean Martyrs.

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Singapore’s mother church

Read the building as the center of a diverse migrant Catholic history.

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St. Laurent Imbert

Follow the missionary thread from Singapore to martyrdom in Korea.

Feasts, anniversaries & celebrations

Feast of St. Laurent ImbertConnected to this place through relics preserved in the cathedral and regional missionary connection.