Parish priests

Parish priest:  Fr Edmund Woon
Born:  28 May 1957  
Ordained:  2 January 1998

Assistant:  Deacon Desmond Jansen 
Born:  
Ordained:  16 September 2022

PAST PARISH PRIESTS

Note:  Before 1988, all four churches were consider as one parish by themselves, thus a parish priest for each of the four churches. However, in 1988, when the four churches were amalgamated into one parish, then it started that there is only one parish priest (and assistant, if any) for City Parish (of all these 4 churches).

CHURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION

NAME	YEAR
Fr Arnold Garnault MEP	1786 – 1792
Fr Michel Rectenwald MEP	1792 – 1822
Fr Pierre Pecot MEP	1822 – 1823
Fr Jean-Baptiste Boucho MEP	1824 – 1843
Fr Paul Bigandet MEP	1843 – 1852
Bishop Michel Le Turdu MEP	1852 – 1855
Bishop Paul Bigandet MEP	1855 – 1856
Fr Pierre Favre MEP	1856 – 1857
Fr Denis Jourdain MEP	1857 – 1858
Fr Claude Manissol MEP	1859 – 1881
Fr Charles Grenier MEP	1882 – 1912
Fr Louis Duvelle MEP	1912 – 1924
Fr Adrien Devals MEP	1924 – 1933
Fr Jean-Baptist Souhait MEP	1933 – 1947
Fr G. Auguin MEP	1946 – 1956
Fr Paul Decroix MEP	1955 – 1973
Fr Andrew Lau	1973 – 1984
Fr Raphael Kang (administrator)	1984 – 1991
Fr Xavier Manikam (administrator)	1991 – 1992
Fr Clement Pereira	1992 – 1999
Fr Anthony Pillai	1999 – 2002
Fr Michael Thoo	2002 – 2011
Fr Domnic Santhiyagu	2011 – 2014
Fr Nelson Chitty	2015 – 2018
Msgr Aloysius Tan	2018 -Aug 2022

CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS

Fr E. Barilion MEP	1888 – 1889
Fr E. Mariette MEP	1889 – 1896
Fr Charles Naan MEP	1896 – 1898
Fr F.P. Sorin MEP	1898 – 1899
Fr J. Descraques MEP	1899 – 1900
Fr M.C. Laumondais MEP	1900
Fr H Duvelle MEP	1900 – 1901
Fr Charles Letessier MEP	1901 – 1921
Fr J. M. Vey MEP	1921 – 1923
Fr A. Deval MEP	1923 – 1924
Fr L. Goyhenetche MEP	1924 – 1947
Fr R de Souza	1927 – 1937
Fr Moses Koh	1938 – 1948
Fr Frances Lek	1948 – 1954
Fr Philip Lee	1954 – 1961
Fr Raphael Kang (Asst)	1958 – 1959
Fr Arthur Julien MEP	1961 – 1962
Fr James Cheah (Asst)	1960 – 1963
Fr Luke Ly (Asst)	1961 – 1963
Fr Phlilip Lee	1962 – 1971
Fr Philip Ma (Asst)	1963 – 1964
Fr Robert Chan (Asst)	1963 – 1972
Fr Arthur Julien (Asst) MEP	1963 – 1972
Fr Louis Wong (Asst)	1964 – 1966
Fr Andrew Lau (Asst)	1967 – 1970
Fr Andrew Lau	1971 – 1973
Fr Peter Pang	1973 – 1977
Fr Raphael Kang	1977 – 1987
Fr Pius Thong (Asst)	1979
Fr Noel Chin (Asst)	1981
Fr Augustine Wong (Asst)	1982 – 1983
Fr Pius Thong (Asst)	1984 – 1985
Fr Martin Lam (Asst)	1987 – 1988
Fr James Saw	1987 – 1992
Fr Lucien Catel (Asst) MEP	1988
Fr Stephen Liew (Administrator)	1992
Fr Clement Pereira	1992 – 1999
Fr Anthony Pillai	1999 – 2002
Fr Michael Thoo (Asst)	2002 – 2011
Fr Dominic Santhiyagu	2011 – 2014
Fr Nelson Chitty	2015 – 2018
Msgr Aloysius Tan	2018 – Aug 2022

CHURCH OF ST FRANCIS XAVIER

Fr Francis Xavier Hab MEP	1857 – 1879
Fr Rene Michel Fee MEP	1879 – 1896
Fr Theodore Cesbron MEP	1897 – 1899
Fr Victor Renard MEP	1898 – 1900
Fr Louis Perrichon MEP	1900 – 1921
Fr Emile Sausseau MEP	1921 – 1930
Fr J.B. Souhait MEP	1930 – 1935
Fr Baloche MEP	–
Fr Louis Riboud MEP	1935 – 1955
Fr I.J. Aloysius	1955 – 1982
Fr Lucien Catel MEP	1982 – 1985
Fr George Belleville MEP	1985 – 1989
Fr James Saw	1989 – 1992
Fr Stephen Liew (Administrator)	1992
Fr Clement Pereira	1992 – 1999
Fr Anthony Pillai	1999 – 2002
Fr Michael Thoo (Asst)	2002 – 2011
Fr Dominic Santhiyagu	2011 – 2014
Fr Nelson Chitty	2015 – 2018
Msgr Aloysius Tan	2018 – Aug 2022

CHURCH OF ST JOHN BRITTO

Fr Arsene Rigothier MEP	1970 – 1982
Fr Lucien Catel MEP	1982 – 1988
Fr James Saw	1988 – 1992
Fr Stephen Liew (Adminstrator)	1992
Fr Clement Pereira	1992 – 1999
Fr Anthony Pillai	1999 – 2002
Fr Michael Thoo	2002 – 2011
Fr Dominic Santhiyagu	2011 – 2014
Fr Nelson Chitty	2015 – 2018
Msgr Aloysius Tan	2018 – Aug 2022