Catholic Church in Kuwait
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The Catholic Church in Kuwait is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
There are over 140,000 Catholics in the country – representing about 6% of the population.
There are no dioceses in the country, but Kuwait falls under the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia. The superior was the Italian bishop Camillo Ballin until his death on April 12, 2020.
There was a cathedral in Kuwait City dedicated to the Holy Family. However, this church lost its status as a cathedral after the apostolic vicariate moved its headquarters to Bahrain.
The other parishes are St. Thérèse Parish, Salmiya, Our Lady of Arabia Parish, Ahmadi and St. Daniel Comboni Parish, Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh.[1] In 2002, the Salesian religious order started an English language school in the country.[2]
There are also some churches belonging to the Eastern Catholic Church: the Syro-Malankara Catholic Community, Syro-Malabar Holy Family Cathedral Parish, and the Patriarchal Vicariate of Kuwait which belongs to the Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Welcome to AVONA (Parishes of Kuwait)". www.avona.org. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
- ^ "Salesians Open English-Language School in Kuwait". Zenit News Agency. 2002-04-28. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ "Christianity in Kuwait - Catholic 2021". Retrieved 2021-10-26.
External links[edit]
- Statistics relating to the Catholic Church in Kuwait
- Homepage of the Catholic Church in Kuwait
- Photo of the cathedral
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