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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 . In 2020, Christians made up 17.93% of the population. [1] [2] Of these, 80% were Catholic, [3] or approximately 560,000 people.
Holy Family Co-Cathedral, formerly known as Holy Family Cathedral, is a Catholic co-cathedral in Kuwait City. [1] The church is situated in the east side of Kuwait City, in the Qibla area. The land was donated by the government of Kuwait. [2] Architect Emilio Tenca designed the cathedral, The first stone was laid on January 27, 1957 and the ...
From the second half of the twentieth century was formed in Kuwait a community of Melkite Greek Catholics, mostly Arab workers of the nearby region. The church service was assured, at least initially, by Latin apostolic vicars. It was governed as a Patriarchal Vicariate of Antioch. On 25 March 1972 the Patriarch Maximos V Hakim erected the ...
Christianity in Kuwait is a minority religion. In 2020, there were an estimated 289 Christian Kuwaitis residing in Kuwait, [2] along with an estimated 837,585 non-citizen Christians. [3] In total, they make up 17.93% of the population. A 2015 study estimates some 350 Christians in Kuwait who are former Muslims.
Our Lady of Arabia Parish, Ahmadi, Kuwait. Our Lady of Arabia ( Latin: Domina Nostra de Arabia) is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary holding a Rosary and the Child Jesus, as venerated in Kuwait and Bahrain by its faithful devotees. [1] Under this venerated Marian title, she is designated as the patroness of the Apostolic Vicariates of ...
Religion in Kuwait (total residents, 31 December 2020) [1] Islam (75%) Christianity (18%) Other religions (7%) Islam is the official religion in Kuwait, and the majority of the citizen population is Muslim. [2] There are also small native Christian and Baháʼí populations. [3] [4] Most expatriates in Kuwait are Muslim, Hindu, Christian or ...
The Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia ( Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Arabiæ Septentrionalis) ( Arabic: النيابة الرسولية العربية الشمالية) is an apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church with territorial jurisdiction for Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia. The vicar apostolic of the vicariate is Bishop ...
The Catholic Unity Congress was established in 2008 by the Pastoral Council at the Holy Family Cathedral in Kuwait City and led by Ballin as the head of the Catholic Church in Kuwait. The mission of the conference is to increase awareness that all Catholic groups "are one and united with the Lord."