St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dubai
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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 Maktoum
inaugurated St. Mary’s Catholic Church on 7 April 1967.
Currently in this place there is a new church that has been designed to accommodate more than 1700 worshipers at each service, under the guidance of Rev. Bishop Paul Hinder, Rev. Fr. Tomasito OFM. Cap, Fr. Michael Cardoz and their team, who pioneered this project. This church was inaugurated on 3 November 1989. Later the Jebel Ali Church
was built to accommodate the newer areas of Dubai. The current Parish priest is Rev. Fr. Tomasito Veneracion.
Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum
HH The Emir Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum was the Vice-President and Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates and Emir of Dubai...
, 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 Maktoum
Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum
HH The Emir Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum was the Vice-President and Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates and Emir of Dubai...
inaugurated St. Mary’s Catholic Church on 7 April 1967.
Currently in this place there is a new church that has been designed to accommodate more than 1700 worshipers at each service, under the guidance of Rev. Bishop Paul Hinder, Rev. Fr. Tomasito OFM. Cap, Fr. Michael Cardoz and their team, who pioneered this project. This church was inaugurated on 3 November 1989. Later the Jebel Ali Church
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...
was built to accommodate the newer areas of Dubai. The current Parish priest is Rev. Fr. Tomasito Veneracion.