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The St. Paul's Church [1] is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church which is located in the area of Mussafah in Abu Dhabi, [2] the United Arab Emirates. [3] It is the second Catholic church to be built in the emirate since 1965 [ 4 ] when the St. Joseph Cathedral was built.
Abu Dhabi - St. Joseph's Cathedral and St. Francis Church, Abu Dhabi. Mussafah - St. Paul's Church. Al Ain - St. Mary's Church Ruwais - St. John the Baptist Church Dubai - St. Mary's Catholic Church. Jebel Ali - St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church. Sharjah - St. Michael's Catholic Church. Ras Al Khaimah - St. Anthony of Padua Church
The foundation for St. Joseph's Cathedral was laid in 1962. In October 1963, work began for the first church in Abu Dhabi, and the foundation stone was blessed in February 1964, on a plot of land along the present Corniche, donated by Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi at that time. Fr. Barnabas Madii undertook the task of constructing the Church and a residence for the ...
In 1989, Fr. Eugene moved to Abu Dhabi and became the parish priest of St. Joseph's Cathedral. [6] He served in Abu Dhabi for 17 years before being appointed the parish priest of St. Francis of Assisi Jebel Ali on 2 February 2006. Since 2016, Fr. Eugene has been stationed in St. Paul's Church, Musaffah. [7]
It is the oldest European building east of India. It is located on the summit of St. Paul's Hill. Every year, the church will be used for feast day mass on the first Saturday of December in honour of the feast day of St Francis Xavier. The tradition was started by a priest from the church of St francis Xavier Melaka since 1922.
The church has interior monuments to Judeth Elyott, d.1615: a figure of a lady kneeling before a book on a lectern in an elaborately-decorated aedicule, the cornice surmounted by coat of arms, shields, and end pedestals with skull and hour-glass, and tablet with skull and cross-bones underneath; Thomas and Joan Purvoche, d.1509, John Barker, d ...
The Pope's visit to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia was significant for several reasons. It was the first time a Pope had visited Bahrain. The visit also served as a symbol of the Catholic Church's commitment to interfaith dialogue and its desire to promote greater unity within the Christian community. [16]
St. Paul's Church, Munich Aerial view. St. Paul's Church (German: St Paul or Paulskirche) is a large Catholic church in the Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt quarter of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It was built in 1892–1906, designed by the Austrian architect Georg von Hauberrisser in the Gothic Revival style, north of the Theresienwiese. [1]