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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.
The
Cathedral
of
the
Good
Shepherd
is
the
oldest
Roman
Catholic
church
in
Singapore
(Groundbreaking
1844,
Completed
6
June
1847,
consecrated
14
Feb
1897).
It
is
located
in
the
Museum
Planning
Area
within
the
Civic
District.
Bounded
by
the
parallel
Queen
and
Victoria
Streets,
and
Bras
Basah
Road,
the
Cathedral
sits
within
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.
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.
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