Ecclesiastical Status
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.
- 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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