History
Originally part of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Gallas, the Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia was formed as a prefecture by Pope Pius IX on 21 January, 1875. It was made into a vicariate Apostolic on 25 April, 1888, by Pope Leo XIII as the Vicariate Apostolic of Aden, located in Yemen. On the 28 June, 1889 the name was changed to the Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia responsible for the countries of the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding region: Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Somalia and Yemen, an area of over 1,200,000 square miles (3,100,000 km2). There are Catholic parishes in all these countries with the exception of Saudi Arabia and Somalia, where the public practice of non-Islamic religions is forbidden.
On 29 June, 1953, the Prefecture Apostolic of Kuwait (now known as the Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Arabia) was separated from the Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia, and a subsequent redrawing of boundaries in 2011 reduced its jurisdiction to the countries of Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
The vicariate was governed by the Capuchin friars, though Franciscan sisters have also been involved, especially in the beginning.
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