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 (in present-day Corniche); 16 August 1977 (in present-day Al Mushrif);
Founder(s)	Fr. Barnabas Madii
Dedication	1965 (in present-day Corniche); 25 February 1983 (in present-day Al Mushrif);
Events	14 October 2014 (Inauguration of St. Therese Church)
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Groundbreaking	10 February 1964 (in present-day Corniche); 19 March 1981 (in present-day Al Mushrif);
Completed	24 December 1964 (in present-day Corniche); 24 December 1982 (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.

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

Masses are conducted in various languages, reflecting the population of expatriates in the country, primarily English but also Arabic, German, Tagalog, Spanish, Malayalam, Italian, Sinhalese, Urdu, Konkani, Tamil, and French.^[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.