Catholic Church in United Arab Emirates

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Catholic_Church_in_United_Arab_Emirates
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Catholic Church
gptkbp:bishop gptkb:Paolo_Martinelli
gptkbp:catholicPopulation approximately 1 million
gptkbp:clergyOrigin mainly expatriate
gptkbp:denomination Catholic Church
gptkbp:firstChurch gptkb:St._Joseph's_Cathedral,_Abu_Dhabi
gptkbp:firstChurchBuilt 1965
gptkbp:governedBy gptkb:Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Southern_Arabia
gptkbp:hasPopulation mainly expatriate workers
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Abu_Dhabi
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Catholic Church in United Arab Emirates
gptkbp:interfaithRelations generally positive
gptkbp:languageOfWorship gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Korean
gptkb:Malayalam
gptkb:Spanish
gptkb:Tamil
gptkb:Urdu
gptkb:Sinhala
English
Polish
Tagalog
Ukrainian
Konkani
Syro-Malabar
Syro-Malankara
gptkbp:legalStatus permitted to worship
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_Arab_Emirates
gptkbp:mainCathedral gptkb:St._Joseph's_Cathedral,_Abu_Dhabi
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gptkbp:numberOfParishes 9
gptkbp:papalMassAttendance over 120,000
gptkbp:papalVisit gptkb:Pope_Francis
gptkbp:papalVisitYear 2019
gptkbp:rite gptkb:Latin_Rite
gptkbp:website https://avosa.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Catholic_Church_in_Asia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6