Catholic Church
in
United Arab Emirates
Catholic ChurchinUnited Arab Emirates | |
Also known as: Vereinigte Arabische Emirate (Deutsch), Emiratos Árabes Unidos (español), les Émirats arabes unis (français), Emirati Arabi Uniti (Italiano), Zjednoczone Emiraty Arabskie (polski), Emirados Árabes Unidos (Português), 阿拉伯聯合酋長國 (正體中文), アラブ首長国連邦 (日本語), Phylarchiarum Arabicarum Confœderatio (latine)
Roman Rite (1): Southern Arabia
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Apostolic Nunciature: United Arab Emirates 
Conference of Bishops: Conférence des Evêques Latins dans les Régions Arabes (C.E.L.R.A.) 
Continent: Central and Southwest Asia
Capital: Abu Dhabi
Area: 83,600 km²
Population: 6,072,475
Former Name: Trucial States
Neighbouring Countries: ← Saudi Arabia 
, ↖ Qatar 
, ↑ Iran 
, → Oman 
Religions: Muslim (official) 76%, Christian 9%, other (primarily Hindu and Buddhist, less than 5% of the population consists of Parsi, Baha'i, Druze, Sikh, Ahmadi, Ismaili, Dawoodi Bohra Muslim, and Jewish) 15%
Languages: Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu
Ethnic Groups: Emirati 11.6%, South Asian 59.4% (includes Indian 38.2%, Bangladeshi 9.5%, Pakistani 9.4%, other 2.3%), Egyptian 10.2%, Philippine 6.1%, other 12.8%
Area: 83,600 km²
Catholic Population: 875,000 Catholics (8.8% of 9,890,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 9 parishes, 4 mission stations (without resident priest)
Clergy: 2 bishops (titular), 68 priests (13 diocesan, 55 religious)
Non-Clergy: 43 religious (1 brother, 42 sisters), 3 major seminarians, 1,328 catechists
Last updated on 2024.11.22
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