The Roman Catholic Church in the United Arab Emirates is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church

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, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope

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 and curia

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 in Rome

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.

There are over 250,000 foreign workers in the country who are Catholics, representing around 7% of the total population, largely Filipino

Philippines

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s, India

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ns, American

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s, Lebanese

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, and Europe

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ans. The United Arab Emirates forms part of the Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia and the Vicar Apostolic Bishop Paul Hinder is based in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...

. The Vatican has diplomatic relations with the UAE, represented by Archbishop Paul-Mounged El-Hachem.

Churches in the Region

• St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Abu Dhabi
  St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Abu Dhabi
  St. Joseph's Catholic Church is the only Catholic Church in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The first Church was built in 1962 in the present Corniche on a plot of land donated by H.H. Sheikh Shakbut, the ruler of Abu Dhabi at that time...
  
  
• St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dubai
  St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dubai
  St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dubai is a church founded by the late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the U.A.E. In 1966 he donated land to build the church. Rev. Fr. Eusebius Daveri and his team pioneered this project. The late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al...
  
  
• St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Jebel Ali
  St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Jebel Ali
  Jebel Ali Church or Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Dubai was inaugurated in November 2001 as part of the Vicariate of Arabia, presently pastored by Bishop Paul Hinder. Residents of the parish are of many nationalities from around the world, living mainly as expatriates in Dubai. The church is...
  
  
• St. Michael's Catholic Church, Sharjah
  St. Michael's Catholic Church, Sharjah
  St. Michael's Church in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, is a Roman Catholic church, founded in 1971. The church is presently headed by Fr. Ani Xavier.It is St.Michael's church.The church is located in the Yarmook area of Sharjah.-History:...
  
  
• St. Mary's Catholic Church, Al Ain
• Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church, Fujairah
• Fujairah Sub Centres in Kalba, Khorfakkan and Dibba
  Dibba
  Dibba , sometimes spelled Diba or Daba, is a coastal region at the northeastern tip of the United Arab Emirates/Oman peninsula on the Gulf of Oman...
  
  
• St. Anthony of Padua Church, Ras Al-Khaimah