Catholic Church

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Republic of Singapore (Singapore)

Singapore

Also known as: Singapur (Deutsch, español, polski), Singapour (français), Singapore (Italiano), 新加坡 (正體中文), シンガポール (日本語), Singapura (Português, latine)

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Apostolic Nunciature: Singapore Archbishop Marek Zalewski (61)

Holy See Representation: Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Archbishop Piero Pioppo (64)

Conference of Bishops: Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (B.C.M.S.B.) Archbishop Julian Leow Beng Kim (60)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.) Cardinal Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão (71)

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Cardinal William Goh Seng Chye (67)William Goh Seng Chye (吳成才) (67)

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Geography

Continent: South and East Asia

Capital: Singapore

Area: 709.2 km²

Population: 5,888,926

Former Name: Temasik

Neighbouring Countries: Malaysia Malaysia, ↓ Indonesia Indonesia

Cultural Summary

Religions: Buddhist 33.2%, Christian 18.8%, Muslim 14%, Taoist 10%, Hindu 5%, other 0.6%, none 18.5%

Languages: English (official) 36.9%, Mandarin (official) 34.9%, other Chinese dialects (includes Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew) 12.2%, Malay (official) 10.7%, Tamil (official) 3.3%, other 2%

Ethnic Groups: Chinese 74.3%, Malay 13.4%, Indian 9%, other 3.2%

Motto: Majulah Singapura (Malay) (Onward Singapore)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 639 km²

Catholic Population: 170,000 Catholics (3.1% of 5,454,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 29 parishes, 3 other centres

Clergy: 3 bishops (1 diocesan, 2 titular), 158 priests (76 diocesan, 82 religious), 2 permanent deacons (diocesan)

Non-Clergy: 196 religious (34 brothers, 162 sisters), 1 member of secular institutes (sister), 27 major seminarians, 1,880 catechists

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Last updated on 2024.12.17

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