St. Joseph's Cathedral, Abu Dhabi

St. Joseph's Cathedral
St. Joseph's Cathedral
St. Joseph's Parish Church
	24°26′57″N 54°23′07″E / 24.449125831605784°N 54.38534929744973°E
Location	Al Mushrif, Abu Dhabi
Country	United Arab Emirates
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Religious institute	Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
Weekly attendance	100,000+
Website	www.stjosephsabudhabi.org
History
Status	Cathedral and Parish Church
Founded	22 June 1963; 61 years ago (in present-day Corniche); 16 August 1977; 47 years ago (in present-day Al Mushrif);
Founder(s)	Fr. Barnabas Madii
Dedication	1965; 60 years ago (in present-day Corniche); 25 February 1983; 41 years ago (in present-day Al Mushrif);
Events	14 October 2014; 10 years ago (Inauguration of St. Therese Church)
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Groundbreaking	10 February 1964; 60 years ago (in present-day Corniche); 19 March 1981; 43 years ago (in present-day Al Mushrif);
Completed	24 December 1964; 60 years ago (in present-day Corniche); 24 December 1982; 42 years ago (in present-day Al Mushrif);
Administration
Diocese	Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia
Deanery	United Arab Emirates
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Most Rev. Paolo Martinelli, OFM Cap.
Rector	Rev. Fr. Chito Bunda Bartolo, OFM Cap.

Saint Joseph’s Cathedral^[1] is the seat of the Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia and is one of five Catholic churches in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi^[2]^[3] alongside Saint Paul’s in Musaffah, Saint Mary‘s in Al Ain, Saint Francis’ in the Abrahamic Family House complex on Saadiyat Island, and Saint John the Baptist in Ruwais.^[4] The first church was built in 1962 in the present Corniche,on a plot of land donated by Sheikh Shakhbut, then-ruler of Abu Dhabi.

Masses are said in Arabic and the languages of various expatriate populations in the country, primarily English, French, German, Italian, Konkani, Malayalam, Sinhalese, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, and Urdu.^[5]

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^ Guides, Insight (1 December 2015). Insight Guides: Oman & the UAE. Apa Publications (UK) Limited. ISBN 9781780055480.
^ Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2005, April 2006, 109-2 Joint Committee Print, *. 1 January 2006.
^ Binsal Abdul Kader, Staff Reporter. "Catholics in Abu Dhabi get new church in Musaffah". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
^ "Mass Times". St. Joseph's Cathedral Abu Dhabi. Retrieved 1 June 2023.