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In 2023 there are 10 Catholic churches in the UAE: [6] St. Joseph's Cathedral, Abu Dhabi. St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dubai. St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Jebel Ali. St. Michael's Catholic Church, Sharjah. St. Mary's Catholic Church, Al Ain. St. Paul's Catholic Church, Abu Dhabi. St. Anthony of Padua Church, Ras Al Khaimah.
The United Arab Emirates forms part of the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia and the Vicar Apostolic Bishop Paul Hinder is based in Abu Dhabi. [14] In 2023, there are 10 Catholic churches in the region: [15] St. Joseph's Cathedral, Abu Dhabi; St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dubai; St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Jebel Ali
St. Joseph's Cathedral [1] is the seat of the Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia and is one of the five Catholic churches in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi [2] [3] besides St. Paul's Church in Musaffah, St. Mary's Church in Al Ain, St.Francis Church in the Abrahamic Family House in Saadiyat Island and St. John the Baptist Church in Ruwais. [4]
In 1988, the Church of the Assumption was demolished and replaced with St. Mary's Catholic Church. It was dedicated on 3 November 1989 by Cardinal Jozef Tomko, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples. [2] Today St. Mary's Catholic Church has over 350,000 parishioners, making it among the largest churches in the Middle East.
St. Francis Church ( Arabic: كنيسة القديس فرنسيس) is a church on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The church is part of the Abrahamic Family House, an interfaith complex that includes a mosque, a synagogue and a church, built with the aim of promoting Interfaith dialogue. [1] The church is named after St ...
The first Catholic Church in Abu Dhabi was established on Corniche Road in 1965, and the Parish of St. Joseph's Church was founded in 1974. As the Catholic community in Abu Dhabi grew, there was a need for a larger church. In 2007, a new project was launched to construct a bigger and more modern church, and the reconstruction began in 2013. The ...
The Maronite Church ( Arabic: لكنيسة المارونية; Syriac: ܥܕܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܡܪܘܢܝܬܐ) is an Eastern Catholic sui iuris particular church in full communion with the pope and the worldwide Catholic Church, with self-governance under the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches. [ 9] The head of the Maronite Church is ...
Rev. Fr. Maxim Cardoza, OFM Cap. 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.