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The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd.

The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd (Chinese: 善牧主教座堂) is the oldest Roman Catholic church in Singapore. It is located in the Museum Planning Area within the Civic District and affords a welcome respite from the city. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (724x605, 368 KB)Modified version of Image:Cathedral of the Good Shepherd 14, Jan 06. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (724x605, 368 KB)Modified version of Image:Cathedral of the Good Shepherd 14, Jan 06. ... A cathedral is a religious building for worship, specifically of a denomination with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Roman Catholic, Anglican and some Lutheran churches, which serves as a bishops seat, and thus as the central church of a diocese. ... The term The Good Shepherd comes from the tenth chapter of John of the gospels, where Jesus is depicted as the Good Shepherd who lays down His life for the sheep. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      The Roman Catholic Church... The eponymous National Museum of Singapore of the Museum Planning Area. ...

Bounded by the parallel Queen and Victoria Streets, and Bras Basah Road, the Cathedral sits within well-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. Queen Street is one of the oldest streets in Singapore and once had a very strong Eurasian presence. ... Victoria Street (Chinese: 和维多利亚街) is a street located in the Downtown Core area of Singapore. ... Bras Basah Road Bras Basah Road (Chinese: 勿拉士巴沙路) is a one-way road in Singapore in the planning areas of Museum and Downtown Core. ... St Pauls Church, also commonly known as the Actors Church, is a church located in Covent Garden, London, England. ... St Martin-in-the-Fields, London Interior of St Martin-in-the-Fields St Martin-in-the-Fields and Charing Cross, circa 1562 The ceiling of the café in the crypt St. ...

The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic 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 Cathedral owes its name. The Most Reverend Monsignor Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo D.D. S.T.L., the current Archbishop of Singapore. ... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ... This article is about a title or office in religious bodies. ... Relics can be: Relics: the remains of saints (usually bones), honored in the Catholic and Orthodox churches. ... Saint Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert was born to a poor farming family on 23 March 1796 in Marigane, France. ...

History

Chapel

In the beginning, the Roman Catholic community attended Mass at the house of Denis Lesley McSwiney. A Medieval Low Mass by a bishop. ... Denis Lesley McSwiney came to Singapore in 1828 and was responsible for the construction of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. ...

In 1832, construction began on the first permanent Roman Catholic house of worship in Singapore. Financed through public subscriptions, the Chapel, completed by 1833, was a small wood and attap structure measuring feet long by thirty feet wide that had cost about 700 Spanish dollars to build. The Chapel, with neither tower nor spire, was on the site of the former Saint Joseph’s Institution building, now occupied by the Singapore Art Museum, and allotted by the Resident Councillor, Samuel George Bonham to Father Jean-Baptiste Boucho, a French missionary who had come from Penang. It was located in European Town, an area marked out in Sir Stamford Raffles' 1822 town plan as a residential area for Europeans, Eurasians and wealthy Asians. Binomial name Nypa fruticans Wurmb Nypa fruticans , known as the Attap Palm (Singapore), Nipa Palm (Philippines), and Mangrove Palm or Nipah palm (Malaysia), is the only palm considered a mangrove. ... The Spanish dollar or peso (literally, heavy, or pound) is a silver coin which was minted in Spain after a Spanish currency reform in 1497. ... The former Saint Josephs Institution currently houses the Singapore Art Museum. ... Singapore Art Museum The Singapore Art Museum (abbreviation: SAM; Chinese: 新加坡美术馆) is an art museum specialising in Singaporean and Southeast Asian artworks, particularly that of the visual arts. ... Sir Samuel Bonham Sir Samuel George Bonham (Chinese Translated Name 文咸 or 般咸) (1803 - 1863) was a British colonial governor, who became the 3rd Governor of Hong Kong. ... State motto: Bersatu dan Setia (United and Loyal) State anthem: Untuk Negeri Kita (For Our State) Capital George Town Ruling party Barisan Nasional  - Yang Di-Pertua Negeri Abdul Rahman bin Haji Abbas  - Ketua Menteri Dr Koh Tsu Koon History    - Ceded by Kedah to British 11 August 1786   - Japanese occupation 1942... Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (6 July 1781 - 5 July 1826) was the founder of the city (now country) of Singapore, and is one of the best-known of the many Britons who created the largest empire the world has ever seen. ... The term Eurasian refers to the cultural ties and linkages between those in a wider view of the Eurasian continent, centering on the Silk Road, and Central Asia. ...

Church of the Good Shepherd

By the end of the 1830s, the Chapel had become too small. Bishop Jean-Paul-Hilaire-Michel Courvezy, Vicar Apostolic of Siam, considered extending the Chapel but was persuaded by the newly arrived Parish Priest, Father Jean-Marie Beurel, to keep the site for a school and to build a church elsewhere. The Governor, Samuel George Bonham, offered a site on the slopes of Government Hill, now Fort Canning, but this was turned down by the Bishop. The second offer of land was a site bounded by Victoria Street, Bras Basah Road and Queen Street and was conveniently located near the proposed school, later to be Saint Joseph's Institution. This site was accepted. Apostolic vicariate is a type of Roman Catholic diocese for non-Catholic or missionary regions and countries. ... For the country formerly called Siam see Thailand SIAM is an acronym for Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. ... Parish Priest may refer to A parishs assigned clergyman A biography of Fr. ... Memorial plaque to Father Jean-Marie Beurel at the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, Singapore. ... Fort Canning Park, River Valley Road entrance Fort Canning Park, Hill Street entrance Fort Canning (Chinese: 福康宁; Pinyin: Fúkāngníng) is a small hill in the southeast portion of the island city-state of Singapore, within the Central Area that forms Singapores central business district. ... Name Saint Josephs Institution Abbreviation SJI School Code 7020 Chinese Name 圣约瑟书院 Pinyin Sheng Yue Se Shu Yuan Malay Institusi Saint Joseph Tamil Add Address 38 Malcolm Road Country Singapore Town Bukit Timah Founded 1852 Community Urban Type Independent Secondary Religion Catholic Students Boys Levels Secondary 1 - 4 Colours Green...

In 1840, a subscription drive was started whereby Queen Marie-Amélie Thérèse of France and the Archbishop of Manila contributed 4,000 francs and about 3,000 Spanish dollars respectively. The Government Surveyor, John Turnbull Thomson, had prepared the first design for the Church, but it was considered too expensive to build and difficult to maintain. The design that was accepted was that by Denis Lesley McSwiney, a design that was said to owe much to George Drumgoole Coleman's original Saint Andrew's Church. Charles Andrew Dyce designed the steeple which was modelled on John Turnbull Thomson's design for the second Saint Andrew's Church. On 18 June 1843, the cornerstone for the Church was blessed by Bishop Jean-Paul-Hilaire-Michel Courvezy, Vicar Apostolic of Malacca-Singapore, and was laid by John Connolly, a merchant. Maria Amalia, 1842 (roughly age 60) by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. ... The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Manila is a particular church or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. ... John Turnbull Thomson (1821-1884) was a British civil engineer who played an instrumental role in the development of the early infrastructure of nineteenth century Singapore. ... Denis Lesley McSwiney came to Singapore in 1828 and was responsible for the construction of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. ... George Drumgoole Coleman (1795-1844), also known as George Drumgold Coleman, was a civil architect who played an instrumental role in the design and construction of many of the civil infrastructure in Singapore, after the island was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819. ... Saint Andrews Cathedral, Singapore Nave of St Andrews Cathedral The main steeple of the Cathedral. ... Charles Andrew Dyce (1816 – 1853) arrived in Singapore from India in 1842 and was a merchant. ... Look up blessing in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... State motto: Bersatu Teguh State anthem: Melaka Maju Jaya Capital Malacca Ruling party Barisan Nasional  - Yang di-Pertua Negeri Mohd Khalil Yaakob  - Ketua Menteri Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam History    - Malacca Sultanate 13th century   - Portuguese control 24 August 1511   - Dutch control 1641   - British control 17 March 1824   - Japanese Occupation 1942-1946...

On 6 June 1847, the completed Church was blessed and opened by Father Jean-Marie Beurel. The total payments amounted to 18,355.22 Spanish dollars.

Cathedral of the Good Shepherd

In 1888, the Church was elevated to the status of a cathedral when the Diocese of Malacca was revived. Bishop Edouard Gasnier, the first bishop of the revived Diocese of Malacca died in 1896 and is interred in the Cathedral. His successor, Bishop René-Michel-Marie Fée, was the first bishop consecrated in the Cathedral in 1896. Although the Church was elevated to the status of a cathedral in 1888, the consecration ceremony was performed only on 14 February 1897 when the Cathedral had finally repaid its debts incurred from the extension of the nave in 1889. Improvements were gradually made to the Cathedral. The dwarf wall, gate pillars, and ornamental cast iron gates and railings around the grounds were completed in 1908. The Gallery Organ was in place by 1912, while electric lighting came in 1913 and electric fans in 1914. To consecrate an inanimate object is to dedicate it in a ritual to a special purpose, usually religious. ...

During the invasion of Singapore during World War II, the Cathedral was used as an emergency hospital. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd was gazetted a national monument on 6 July 1973. The Preservation of Monuments Board (PMB), a statutory board under the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA), has so far gazetted 54 buildings and structures in Singapore as the National Monuments of Singapore. ...

Saint Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert.

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Rationale for name

Saint Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert, who died a martyr in Korea, was the first priest to visit Singapore. Saint Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert was born to a poor farming family on 23 March 1796 in Marigane, France. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Korea (Korean: 한국 in South Korea or 조선 in North Korea, see below) is a geographic area, civilization, and former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. ... . ...

The dedication of the Church to the Good Shepherd stems from the note written by Saint Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert to his fellow missionaries, Saints Pierre-Philibert Maubant and Jacques-Honoré Chastan, asking them to surrender to the Korean authorities to save their flocks from extermination during a period of Christian persecution in Korea. He had written, In desperate circumstances, the good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep. They did and the three of them were beheaded on 21 September 1839. News of this and their martyrdom reached Singapore at the time when an appropriate name was being considered for the Church. The choice was made at the suggestion of Bishop Jean-Baptiste Boucho. Dedication (Lat. ... Look up Persecution in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for his or her religious faith. ...

Significant dates

• 1833 — First permanent Roman Catholic house of worship in Singapore blessed and opened.
• 1843 — Foundation stone laid by John Connolly on the Feast of Corpus Christi.
• 1847 — Church of the Good Shepherd blessed and opened by Father Jean-Marie Beurel.
• 1859 — First Parochial House (now Archbishop’s House) completed.
• 1888 — Elevated to the status of a cathedral when the Diocese of Malacca was revived.
• 1889 — Extension of the nave at the west end completed.
• 1897 — Consecration of the Cathedral by Bishop René-Michel-Marie Fée.
• 1908 — Dwarf wall, gate pillars, and ornamental cast iron gates and railings around the grounds completed.
• 1911 — Second Parochial House (now Cathedral Rectory) designed by Father Charles-Benedict Nain completed.
• 1912 — Gallery Organ dedicated by Bishop Marie-Luc-Alphonse-Emile Barillon.
• 1913-1914 — Electric lights and fans introduced.
• 1942 — Used as an emergency hospital during the invasion of Singapore.
• 1973 — Gazetted a national monument.
• 1983 — Sanctuary remodeled.
• 1992 — Widening of Victoria Street causing the boundary of the grounds to be moved back.
• 1994 — Choir Organ built by Robert Navaratnam.
• 1997-1999 — Major restoration.

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Architecture

The steeple of the Cathedral designed by Charles Andrew Dyce.

The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd is built in a restrained Renaissance style. Its porticos are in the Palladian manner, which was established here by George Drumgoole Coleman. Its plan is in the form of a Latin cross and like all traditional churches, it is orientated east. Its high timber ceiling and its sensitive and harmonious use of round arches lend the building much grace and charm. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 351 KB) Summary Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 351 KB) Summary Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. ... Tempietto di San Pietro in Montorio, Rome, 1502, by Bramante. ... Categories: Architectural elements | Stub ... A villa with a superimposed portico, from Book IV of Palladios I Quattro Libri dellArchitettura, in a modestly priced English translation published in London, 1736. ... The traditional form of the Christian cross, known as the Latin cross The Christian cross is a familiar religious symbol of most Christianity. ...

Steeple

The steeple, surmounted by a cross, consists of two sections. The first section is a square with each corner of the square marked by three engaged columns in the Ionic order. On each façade is an arched window. The four façades are topped with pediments ornamented with a circle. The Cathedral's three bells are located inside this section and are decorated with religious motifs. Cast by the Auguste Hildebrand Foundry in Paris, the bells were originally hung for swing chiming, but electric tolling hammers have since replaced the long ropes for stationary chiming. On the second section of the steeple is an octagon with each corner of the octagon marked by an engaged column in the Tuscan order. On each façade is a narrow rectangular window. The eight façades are topped with pediments. Engaged columns embedded in the side walls of the cella of the Maison Carrée at Nimes (right side of the image) In architecture, an engaged column is a column embedded in a wall and partly projecting from the surface of the wall, sometimes defined as semi or three-quarter... Architects first real look at the Greek Ionic order: Julien David LeRoy, Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce Paris, 1758 (Plate XX) The Ionic order forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and... A pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns. ... The Tuscan order in Andrea Palladio, Quattro Libri di Architettura, 1570 Among the classical orders of architecture, the Tuscan order is the newcomer, a stocky simplified variant of the Doric order that was introduced into the canon of classical architecture by Italian architectural theorists of the 16th century. ...

Entrances

There are six entrances into the Cathedral with the one fronting Victoria Street closed to public access. The entrances are porticoed and have heavily moulded pediments. All pediments are ornamented with a moulded circle at the centre and, except for the ones at the ends of the transept and the one fronting Victoria Street, all are surmounted with a cross. The main entrance at the west end of the Cathedral serves as the porte-cochère. The two side entrances at the nave are in the form of diminutive porticos and are smaller and less imposing then the entrances at the ends of the transept. Cathedral ground plan. ... A typical 19th century porte-cochère A porte-cochere (French porte-cochère, literally coach door, also called a carriage porch) is the architectural term for a porch or portico-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building, through which it is possible for a horse... Links to full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are also found at the entry Cathedral diagram. ...

At the main entrance are three doors. Apart from the main entrance, all other entrances, except for the one fronting Victoria Street, have only one door. The entrance fronting Victoria Street had three doors initially until the walling up of the centre door. All doors are double-leaf, of timber construct and, except for the two fronting Victoria Street, all are panelled. While the doors of the two side entrances at the nave are double the height of the doors found at the ends of the transept, these four doors have each a stained-glass window over them.

Over the centre door at the main entrance is the coat of arms of Archbishop Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo. It includes the motto Omnia Omnibus, which is Latin for All Things to All Men (1 Corinthians 9:22). Above the coat of arms is a statue of the Good Shepherd in a niche, with an inscription over it that reads I am the Good Shepherd. Over each of the two doors flanking the centre door is an arched window. A modern coat of arms is derived from the medi val practice of painting designs onto the shield and outer clothing of knights to enable them to be identified in battle, and later in tournaments. ... The First Epistle to the Corinthians is a book of the Bible in the New Testament. ...

The Cathedral's interior showing the nave, timber ceiling and Gallery Organ.

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Nave

Upon entering the Cathedral through the centre door at the main entrance, one will see the statues of Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Francis Xavier, the four cast iron Composite columns supporting the gallery, and the two cast iron spiral staircases leading to the gallery. Nearby to the left sits a statue of the Pietà and a statue of Saint Joseph stands at the other end. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ... A capital of the Composite order The composite order is a mixed order, combining the volutes of the Ionic order with the leaves of the Corinthian order. ... A pietà (pl. ... For other uses, see Saint Joseph (disambiguation). ...

The eight large windows at the nave together with the other six at the transept and two at the sacristy are arched. There were originally eight large windows at the transept until the walling up of the two fronting Victoria Street. The original timber louvered casements of the windows were replaced by glass shutters after World War II. The stained glasses in the nave and transept were presented to the Cathedral by Bishop Charles Arsène Bourdon. A sacristy is a room for keeping vestments (such as the cassock and chasuble) and other church furnishings, sacred vessels and church treasures. ...

The timber ceiling is in a concave form and is made up of three rows of six rectangular panels. All eighteen panels are ornamented with each having a rectangular border and a circle in their centres. The circles in the centre row are larger and more elaborate then those in the side rows. From the centre of each circle hangs a lamp. The ceiling edge ends in a border of heavily moulded plaster that runs along the length of the Cathedral.

There are two confessionals to the left and right side of the nave and they are topped with pediments ornamented with a circle and cross at the centre. The set of fourteen oil paintings on the walls of the nave depict the Way of the Cross. At the crossing is the final resting place of Bishop Edouard Gasnier, the first bishop of the revived Diocese of Malacca. Modern confessional in the Church of the Holy Name, Dunedin, New Zealand. ... The 12th Station of the Cross - Jesus dies on the Cross. ... Cathedral floor plan (crossing is shaded) A crossing, in ecclesiastical architecture, refers to the junction of the four arms of a cruciform (cross-shaped) church. ...

Gallery

The gallery, which is closed to public access, houses the Gallery Organ, a grand piano, a statue of Saint Cecilia and a trumpeting angel. Saint Cecilia Saint Cecilia in the Catholic Church the patron saint of music and of the blind. ...

Sanctuary

On the wall of the sanctuary is the Sanctuary Crucifix. It is framed by a pediment and four pilasters - two pilasters on a pedestal on either side of it. At the foot of the Sanctuary Crucifix is the Cathedra. Just in front of it is the Main Altar on which the priest performs the Sacrifice of the Mass. On either side of the Main Altar are doors that lead to the sacristy. The four crosses engraved on marble slabs in the sanctuary together with the other eight in the nave make up the twelve Consecration Crosses put in place on the interior walls around the Cathedral for its consecration in 1897. They may never be removed and are proof, in the absence of documents, that a church has been consecrated. The Crucifix, a cross with corpus, a symbol used in Catholicism in contrast with some other Christian communions, which use only a cross. ... In architecture, pilasters comprise slightly-projecting pseudo-columns built into or onto a wall, with capitals and bases. ... A statue of Henry IV of France on a pedestal Pedestal (from French piedestal, Italian piedestallo, foot of a stall) is a term generally applied to the support of a statue or a vase. ... Look up Altar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

North Transept

In the north transept stands a statue of Our Mother of Good Counsel in a niche topped by a pediment and flanked by two pilasters - each pilaster on a pedestal on either side of it. The north transept is where the Baptistery is located. The statue of Our Mother of Good Counsel and the stained-glass window over the door hints to its previous designation as the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On the walls are memorial plaques to early personalities of the church, notably, John Connolly and Bishop Michel-Esther Le Turdu. The relics of Saint Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert can be found enshrined in the wall at the right side of the door. In Christian architecture the baptistery or baptistry (Latin baptisterium) is the separate centrally-planned structure surrounding the baptismal font. ... Our Lady redirects here. ... The memorial at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii commemorates American dead from wars in the Pacific. ...

South Transept

In the south transept stands the Tabernacle in a niche topped by a pediment and flanked by two pilasters - each pilaster on a pedestal on either side of it. This is the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. It takes the place of what was originally the Chapel of Saint Joseph. On the wall to the left of the Tabernacle is a memorial plaque to Father Jean-Marie Beurel. The Tabernacle at St. ... The Blessed Sacrament is displayed in a procession at the 2005 Southeastern Eucharistic Congress. ... For other uses, see Saint Joseph (disambiguation). ...

Grounds

Outside on the grounds of the Cathedral near the main entrance is a bronze life-size statue of the late Pope John Paul II, the Glorious Cross of 7.38 meters and a statue of the Virgin Mary. A statue of the Good Shepherd stands opposite the entrance at the south transept. Coat of Arms of Pope John Paul II. The Letter M is for Mary, the mother of Jesus, to whom he held strong devotion Pope John Paul II (Latin: , Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan PaweÅ‚ II) born   [] (May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Poland – April 2, 2005, Vatican City) reigned as...

Other buildings

Apart from the Cathedral itself, there are four other buildings within the grounds of the Cathedral:

• Archbishop's House is a simple, unadorned nineteenth-century two-storey bungalow with a projecting portico. Its enclosed verandahs were previously open-aired.

• The Resident's Quarters is a U-shaped single-storey building with handsome Tuscan columns rising from the ground.

• The Cathedral Rectory is an ornate early twentieth century two-storey rusticated bungalow with decorative plasterwork. There is a covered linkway to a rectangular single-storey building at its rear.

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Music

Choir

The Cathedral Choir of the Risen Christ sings at the Sunday Solemn Mass and at all important liturgies and functions. It is a mixed voice choir of around 75 members comprising both students and working professionals.

Founded in 1970, the choir served at the Church of the Risen Christ for 32 years before being installed at the Cathedral on 14 April 2002. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...

The motto of the Choir is Pro Pontifice et Patria, which is Latin for For Pope and Country.

Organs

The Gallery Organ is the oldest playable organ in Singapore.

The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd houses two separate pipe organs - the Gallery Organ in the second floor gallery and the Choir Organ in an elevated box in the north transept. It is notable that the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd is the only church in Singapore to have two working organs within the building, especially since organs in a playable state are relatively scarce due to Singapore's hot and humid climate. Image File history File links Gallery_Organ_(Edited_3). ... Image File history File links Gallery_Organ_(Edited_3). ...

Dedicated on 20 October 1912 by Bishop Emile Barillon, the Gallery Organ is a two-manual and pedal Bevington & Sons instrument which cost 5894.61 sterling pounds to build, ship and install. To date, it has 28 working stops, the cumulative result of various additions and alterations made to the original organ by Singapore's sole organ builder, Robert Navaratnam. Ranks such as the fiery 8' trumpet are duplicated on more than one stop. The organ also incorporates pipework from various now-defunct organs, notably the Bombarde 16' from the former St. Clair Organ that once resided in the Victoria Concert Hall. The Gallery Organ is easily recognised from its unusual asymmetric façade - only the central organ case is original, the left and right having been added by Robert Navaratnam. The action, once electropneumatic, is now fully direct-electric. This causes occasional problems with non-sounding notes and ciphers, resulting from the ingress of dirt into an open building and the general humidity. It is to date, the oldest playable organ in Singapore and is still regularly used for Masses. ISO 4217 Code GBP User(s) United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies Inflation 2. ...

The 9-rank Choir Organ was built in 1994 by Robert Navaratnam, utilising old pipework from various other organs. This is also a two-manual-and-pedal instrument, the pipework housed in an enclosed chamber supported by steel square beams over the choir stalls. There is no pipework for the pedal division and no expression shoe for the pipework. At the end of 2005, the old Conn console shell with the keyboards and pedalboard which controlled the pipework was replaced with an old Allen electronic console. This replacement includes working Allen electronic stops, which add colour to the existing nine ranks of pipework and also supplies the non-existent pedal division in order to balance the chorus. The expression shoe supplies expression for the electronic stops only.

There is very little literature available on the organs. In 2005, Lin Yangchen published an article titled Singapore's Answer to Notre Dame de Paris in The Organ describing both instruments in detail (The Organ 334:8-10). He describes the unique situation presented by having separate organs in the same building which makes possible a dialogue between the Gallery and Choir Organs. In fact, this takes place during solemn occasions when two organists are present and the choir and congregation are accompanied separately.

Sketches of information on the older organ are available mostly through personal accounts. An elderly parishioner recounted helping out on Sundays as a young boy operating the manual air pump of the organ. By the 1960s, the Gallery Organ became so dilapidated that it remained silent for nearly two decades. Hugo Loos, a Belgian engineer then based in Singapore, volunteered his services as both organist and repairman. Driven by his passion and love for pipe organs, he was able to render minor repairs but much work was still required. Towards the end of 1983, the then rector of the Cathedral, Father Robert Balhetchet, was introduced to Robert Navaratnam, who had been trained as a pipe organ builder in Germany. The organ has since been in the care of Robert Navaratnam, who also plays for services at the cathedral. Manual pump used to obtain water A pump is a mechanical device used to move liquids or gases. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings, but all of them indicate someone who is in charge of something. ...

On 16 December 1984, a concert was organised in conjunction with the rededication of the Gallery Organ. Dr Margaret Chen, curator of the Klais Organ at the Victoria Concert Hall and a well-known Singaporean organist, was one of the performers. Organ recitals today are few and far between, the last having been played on the Gallery Organ by Markus Grohmann, a visiting German organist in August 2005, and on the Choir Organ by Neo Ming Wei in accompaniment of Ab Oriente's Swiss Baroque Recital on 27 May 2005. Exterior of Victoria Theatre The Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall (Chinese: 维多利亚剧院及音乐会堂) is a complex of two buildings and a clock tower joined together by a common corridor and located in the civic district of Singapore. ...

Ecclesiastical status

Over the centre door at the main entrance of the Cathedral is the coat of arms of Archbishop Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo. It includes the motto Omnia Omnibus, which is Latin for All Things to All Men (1 Corinthians 9:22). Above the coat of arms is a statue of the Good Shepherd in a niche, with an inscription over it that reads I am the Good Shepherd.

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 Roman Catholic Church in Singapore 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. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 601 KB) Summary I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 601 KB) Summary I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...

• Vicariate Apostolic of Malacca-Singapore
  • (1841-1844) Bishop Jean-Paul-Hilaire-Michel Courvezy (Vicar Apostolic of Siam from 1834-1841)
  • (1845-1871) Bishop Jean-Baptiste Boucho
  • (1871-1877) Bishop Michel-Esther Le Turdu
  • (1878-1888) Bishop Edouard Gasnier

• Diocese of Malacca
  • (1888-1896) Bishop Edouard Gasnier
  • (1896-1904) Bishop René-Michel-Marie Fée
  • (1904-1933) Bishop Marie-Luc-Alphonse-Emile Barillon
  • (1934-1945) Bishop Adrien Pierre Devals
  • (1947-1953) Bishop Michel Olçomendy

• Archdiocese of Malacca
  • (1953-1955) Archbishop Michel Olçomendy

• Archdiocese of Malacca-Singapore (Metropolitan See)
  • (1955-1972) Archbishop Michel Olçomendy

• Archdiocese of Singapore
  • (1972-1976) Archbishop Michel Olçomendy
  • (1977-2000) Archbishop Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean
  • (2001-present) Archbishop Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo

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Times of services

• Public Services
  • The Cathedral opens shortly before the first Mass of the day.
  • Doors close at 6.00pm, Monday to Friday, and after evening Mass, Saturday and Sunday, with occasional exceptions.

• Masses in English
  • Saturday: 7.00am; and 6.30pm (Mass of Anticipation)
  • Sunday: 8.00am; 10.00am (Solemn Mass); and 6.00pm
  • Monday to Friday: 7.00am; and 1.15pm (except on Public Holidays)

• Masses in Korean
  • Wednesday: 10.00am
  • Saturday: 3.00pm (Children’s Mass)
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th Sunday: 12.00noon

• Mass in Tagalog
  • 4th Sunday: 11.30am

• Sacrament of Reconciliation
  • Confessions in English are heard 30 minutes before Masses in English.
  • Confessions to be heard in Korean or Tagalog are by appointment only.

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Address and contact information

• Address: Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, ‘A’ Queen Street, Singapore 188533
• Telephone: +65-63372036
• Fax: +65-63376870

Gallery

View of the steeple from the east end of the Cathedral. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 261 KB) Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. ...	The steeple atop the east end of the Cathedral. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 436 KB) Summary Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. ...	Entrance at the south transept. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 557 KB) Summary Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. ...	The south side entrance in the form of a diminutive portico. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 558 KB) Summary Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. ...
The centre door at the main entrance of the Cathedral. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1064x1599, 659 KB) Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. ...	The Cathedral's interior showing the nave and sanctuary. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1200x1600, 518 KB) Summary Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. ...	The Sanctuary Crucifix on the wall of the sanctuary. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 614 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...	Religious motif on the largest of the Cathedral's three bells. Image File history File links Large_Bell's_Engraving. ...
The relics of Saint Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 709 KB) Summary I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...	Memorial plaque to Father Jean-Marie Beurel. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 714 KB) Summary I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...	Statue of the late Pope John Paul II on the grounds of the Cathedral. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x2048, 657 KB) Summary I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...	Statue of the Virgin Mary and Glorious Cross on the grounds of the Cathedral. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 586 KB) Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. ...
Statue of the Good Shepherd on the grounds of the Cathedral. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 759 KB) Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. ...	Archbishop's House within the grounds of the Cathedral. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 463 KB) Summary Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. ...	The Cathedral Rectory within the grounds of the Cathedral. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 585 KB) Summary Cathedral of the Good Shepherd. ...	Archbishop Emeritus Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (500x670, 100 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...
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See also

• Saint Laurent-Marie-Joseph Imbert
• Father Jean-Marie Beurel
• Denis Lesley McSwiney
• Charles Andrew Dyce
• Archbishop Emeritus Gregory Yong Sooi Ngean
• Archbishop Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo
• Archdiocese of Singapore
• Roman Catholicism in Singapore

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References

• Norman Edwards, Peter Keys (1988), Singapore - A Guide to Buildings, Streets, Places, Times Books International, ISBN 9971-65-231-5
• Gretchen Liu (1996), In Granite and Chunam - The National Monuments of Singapore, Landmark Books, ISBN 981-3065-03-6
• Lee Geok Boi (2002), Faiths of Our Forefathers - The Religious Monuments of Singapore, Landmark Books, ISBN 981-3065-62-1
• Eugene Wijeysingha (2006), Going Forth... - The Catholic Church in Singapore 1819-2004, Titular Roman Catholic Archbishop of Singapore, ISBN 981-05-5703-5

External links

• Singapore Catholic Church Directory