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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
St. Mary's Catholic Church is a parish church of the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. As one of only two Catholic churches in Dubai, St. Mary's has grown to become the largest Catholic parish in the world thanks to immigration from Catholic communities abroad.
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. [15] In 2023, there are 10 Catholic churches in the region: [16] St. Joseph's Cathedral, Abu Dhabi; St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dubai; St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Jebel Ali
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Abu Dhabi The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia ( Latin : Vicariatus Apostolicus Arabiæ Meridionalis ) ( Arabic : النيابة الرسولية من جنوب الجزيرة العربية ) is an apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church with territorial jurisdiction for Oman , United Arab Emirates and Yemen .
The Abrahamic Family House (Arabic: بيت العائلة الإبراهيمية) is an interfaith complex on Saadiyat Island in Abu Dhabi.The undertaking was inspired by the Document on Human Fraternity signed by Pope Francis on behalf of the Catholic Church and Ahmed El-Tayeb on behalf of the al-Azhar Mosque on 4 February 2019 in Abu Dhabi.
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.
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]
The Church of St. Francis of Assisi was in the territory of St. Mary’s Church, Dubai, where the Rev. Fr. Daniel Cerofolini OFM Cap was the parish priest. He blessed and laid the foundation stone on 4 October 2000. The construction of the entire church building was done within a period of one year.