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St. Joseph's Cathedral, Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · built 1981

Saint Joseph's Cathedral is the seat of the Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia and is one of five Catholic churches in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi 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. 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.

Cathedral data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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