History

• 1819 Early Anglican settlers from British East India Company in Singapore
• 1826 Founding of Anglican Church in Singapore
• 1837 First Anglican church building erected (photo on the right)
• 1842 Founding of the first girl's school in Singapore by Mrs Maria Dyer, a missionary of the London Missionary Society; the school was later called St Margaret's School
• 1856 Formation of St Andrew's Church Mission
• 1870 Consecration of St Andrew's Cathedral
• 1881 Singapore officially named as part of the Diocese of Singapore, Labuan and Sarawak
• 1884 St John's Church built in Jurong
• 1909 New Diocese of Singapore established
  Rt Revd Charles James Ferguson-Davie became first Bishop of Singapore
• 1910 Formation of Singapore Diocesan Association
• 1913 Opening of Diocese's first clinic, in Chinatown; beginning of Diocese's medical work
• 1914 St Andrew's School recognized by government as a first grade school
• 1923 Tamil Diocesan Council established
  St Andrew's Mission Hospital for women and children established at Erskine Road
• 1929 Three dialect services available, Hokkien, Cantonese and Foochow in Diocesan churches
• 1931 Chinese Diocesan Council set up
• 1939 Diocese set up Singapore's first orthopaedic hospital in Siglap
• 1940 Foundation stone laid for first Tamil church, Christ Church at Dorset Road
• 1942-45 Singapore came under Japanese Occupation
• 1952 Formation of Synod
  Church of the True Light erected
• 1953 Chapel built next to St Andrew's School, later became Church of the Ascension in 1961
  Mandarin service started in St Andrew's Cathedral
• 1955 My Saviour's Church built
• 1956 Anglican High School set up for education in Chinese
• 1957 St Margaret's Secondary School set up at Farrer Road
• 1959 Church of the Good Shepherd built
• 1963 Church of the Epiphany set up
• 1966 Consecration of Rt Revd Chiu Ban It as first Malayan-born Bishop of the Diocese of Singapore and Malaya (photo on the right)
  Church of Our Saviour established
• 1967 New congregation started in St Margaret's School in Farrer Road
• 1970 Diocese of West Malaysia formed with Rt Revd Roland Koh as Bishop
• 1972 Bishop Chiu's charismatic experience, turning point in Diocese's stand on charismatic worship
• 1974 Weekly "Prayer and Praise" charismatic services started at St Andrew's Cathedral
• 1976 Foundation Stone laid for St Andrew's Junior College
• 1980 St Andrew's Cathedral opened a home for the aged at Clementi
• 1984 Diocesan Lay Training Programme (DLT) launched
• 1986 Diocese published its first bilingual service book
  Singapore Anglican Welfare Council (SAWC) set up Whampoa Christian Centre
• 1992 St Andrew's Community Hospital opened
  SAWC started Elliot Centre for women with psychiatric disabilities
  East Coast Care Centre opened for families in crises
• 1993 Diocese of Singapore resumed work in Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos
• 1994 Diocesan Church Planting Fund set up
• 1995 Second edition of the Diocese of Singapore Service Book published
• 1996 Province of South East Asia established comprising the Dioceses of Kuching, Sabah, Singapore and West Malaysia (Provincial Logo on the right)
  Most Revd Dr Moses Tay appointed as the first Archbishop
• 1996 SAWC started Balestier Care Centre for men with psychiatric disabilities
  Kallang Care Centre set up for families in crises
• 1998 St Andrew's Lifestreams opened at the new St Andrew's Centre in Tanjong Pagar
• 1999 First Cambodian priest ordained

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