The formation of a Chinese Catholic identity in 19th century Singapore

• Main Author: Leow, Leonard
• Other Authors: Nicholas Witkowski
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::Singapore::Religion
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76648
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Catholicism was one of the earliest religions to be introduced to Singapore since the island was established as a trading post by the British in 1819. Since the 1830s, foreign Catholic missionaries, particularly the French missionaries from the Paris Foreign Mission Société (MEP) settled down on the...