Continent: Central and Southwest Asia
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Apostolic Vicariate
Name: Northern Arabia (English) / Arabia del Nord (français) / Arabiæ Settentrionale (Latin)
Immediately subject to the Holy See
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Patron Saint: Our Lady of Arabia (2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time)
Vicar Apostolic (2023.01.28 – ...): | Bishop Aldo Berardi, O.SS.T. (60) |
Vicars Apostolic of Northern Arabia (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Aldo Berardi, O.SS.T. (60) Vicar Apostolic of Northern Arabia (Kuwait)
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Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. (82) | ||||||||||
Bishop Camillo Ballin, M.C.C.J.
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Vicars Apostolic of Kuwait (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Camillo Ballin, M.C.C.J. (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Francis George Adeodatus Micallef, O.C.D.
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Bishop Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D.
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Fr. Victor León Esteban San Miguel y Erce, O.C.D. (later Bishop) | ||||||||||
Bishop Ubaldo Teofano Stella, O.C.D.
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Prefects Apostolic of Kuwait (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Fr. Ubaldo Teofano Stella, O.C.D. (later Bishop) (see above) |
Area: 2,179,890 km²
Population: 2,722,750 Catholics (6.3% of 43,465,183 total)
Pastoral Centres: 11 parishes
Personnel: 56 priests (13 diocesan, 43 religious), 1 deacon, 61 religious (44 brothers, 17 sisters), 1 seminarian
Last updated on 2024.04.28
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