Catholic Church in Kuwait

The Catholic Church in Kuwait is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

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Holy Family Cathedral, Kuwait City.

In 2020, Christians made up 17.93% of the population.[1][2] Of these, 80% were Catholic,[3] or approximately 560,000 people.

Overview

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 is a cathedral in Kuwait City dedicated to the Holy Family. However, this church is now a co-cathedral with the Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia in Bahrain.

The other parishes are St. Thérèse Parish, Salmiya, Our Lady of Arabia Parish, Ahmadi and St. Daniel Comboni Parish, Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh.[4] In 2002, the Salesian religious order started an English language school in the country.[5]

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.[6]

In 2020, there were 21 Priests and 11 nuns working across four parishes.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Nationality By Religion and Nationality". Government of Kuwait (in Arabic).
  2. "PACI Statistics". Kuwait Public Authority for Civil Information. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  3. World Religion Database at the ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-08
  4. "Welcome to AVONA (Parishes of Kuwait)". www.avona.org. Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  5. "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.
  6. "Christianity in Kuwait - Catholic 2021". Retrieved 2021-10-26.
  7. Catholics And Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08
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