William Goh

William Goh Seng Chye[a] (born 25 June 1957) is a Singaporean prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as the fourth Archbishop of Singapore since 2013.

Goh is from the first cohort of seminarians to graduate from the newly built St Francis Xavier Major Seminary in Punggol.

Goh continued his studies in Rome, receiving a licentiate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University.

Returning to Singapore, he was posted as a Resident Formator and Initiation Year Director at the Major Seminary and lecturer in systematic theology.

[2] He received his episcopal consecration on 22 February 2013 from the Apostolic Nuncio to the Republic of Singapore Leopoldo Girelli and co-consecrators Nicholas Chia and Murphy Pakiam.

[citation needed] Goh addressed the issue of secularism saying: "The greatest concern of the Church today is simply this - that the world is becoming too secularised.

[7] A press release from his office stated that one of his first tasks was to "strengthen the fraternal bonds in the Presbyterium and harness the charisms and passion of his brother priests" so that they can empower the laity to be "co-responsible in the mission of the Church".

[11][12] On 27 August, Pope Francis made him a cardinal priest, assigning him the title of Santa Maria Regina Pacis a Ostia Lido.