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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 1973, the see of the jurisdiction was transferred from Aden to St. Joseph's Cathedral in Abu Dhabi. [9] A subsequent redrawing of boundaries in 2011 reduced its jurisdiction to the countries of Oman, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen. The vicariate has been governed by the Capuchin friars since 1916. [8]
On 3 February 2019, Pope Francis landed in Abu Dhabi [3] and was greeted by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and then Ahmad al-Tayyeb, Grand Imam of Al Azhar University, which serves as the lead source for Sunni Islam education and Chairman of the Muslim Council ...
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.
Due to this, in 1974 the see of the Apostolic Vicar was transferred from Proto-Cathedra St. Francis of Assisi Church, Aden, Yemen to St, Joseph's Church, Abu Dhabi, The United Arab Emirates. Msgr. Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, OFM Cap. was appointed as Apostolic Vicar in 1975. His most urgent task was fulfilling the need of clerical personnel in ...
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.
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]
There are several Coptic Orthodox churches in the UAE such as: Abu Dhabi: St Antony Coptic Orthodox Church - Abu Dhabi; St. Mary & St. Shenoudah Coptic Orthodox Church - Al Ain; Dubai: St. Mark & St. Bishoy Coptic Orthodox Church - Dubai; St. Mina Coptic Orthodox Church - Jebel Ali; Sharjah: St. Mary & St. Abou Sefein Coptic Orthodox Church ...