William Cardinal Goh Seng Chye

Archbishop of Singapore

Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” in Ostia mare

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Jun 1957		Born
1 May 1985	27.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Singapore
29 Dec 2012	55.5	Appointed	Coadjutor Archbishop of Singapore
22 Feb 2013	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Coadjutor Archbishop of Singapore
20 May 2013	55.9	Succeeded	Archbishop of Singapore
27 Aug 2022	65.1	Elevated to Cardinal
27 Aug 2022	65.1	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” in Ostia mare
23 Apr 2023	65.8	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria “Regina Pacis” in Ostia mare

MicroData Summary for William Goh Seng Chye
(WikiData: Q2115237)
William Cardinal Goh Seng Chye (born 25 Jun 1957) Archbishop of Singapore

Ad Limina - February 2018: Bishop
Consistory - 2022: Created Cardinal

Event Place
Birth Place Singapore, Archdiocese of Singapore
Ordained Bishop Singapore Expo, Singapore, Archdiocese of Singapore

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Singapore.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli
Titular Archbishop of Capreae
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Nicholas Chia Yeck Joo
Archbishop of Singapore
Archbishop Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam
Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli (2006)
Titular Archbishop of Capreae
Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Singapore, Archdiocese of Singapore
Ordained Bishop	Singapore Expo, Singapore, Archdiocese of Singapore

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 29 Dec 2012
ob: CB, 10 Jan 2013
c2+: CB, 18 Jan 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 213, Number 17,658
s: Bollettino, 20 May 2013
card: Bollettino, 29 May 2022
ab: Bollettino, 27 Aug 2022
i: Bollettino, 17 Apr 2023

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