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Apostolic Vicariate of

Arabia

United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, Bahrain Bahrain, Oman Oman, Qatar Qatar, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, Yemen Yemen

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Roman

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Immediately subject to the Holy See

History

  • 1859: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Aden (from Apostolic Vicariate of Galla)
  • 1875: Suppressed (to Apostolic Vicariate of Galla)
  • 1888.05.04: Restored as Apostolic Vicariate of Aden (from Apostolic Vicariate of Galla)
  • 1889.06.28: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia / Arabiae (Latin)

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Arabia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. (67)Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. (67)
(2005.03.21 – ...)

Born:1942.04.22 (Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:1967.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:2004.01.30

Auxiliary Bishop of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (2003.12.12 – 2005.03.21)

Titular Bishop of Macon (2003.12.12 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (2005.03.21 – ...)

Bishop Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap. (83)Bishop Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap. (83)
(1975.10.02 – 2005.03.21)

Born:1926.06.30 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1951.02.17
Consecrated Bishop:1976.02.22

Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (1975.10.02 – 2005.03.21)

Titular Bishop of Masuccaba (1975.10.02 – ...)

Bishop Irzio Luigi Magliacani, O.F.M. Cap.
(1949.12.25 – 1969)

Born:1892.02.16 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1915.03.20
Consecrated Bishop:1950.05.28
Died:1976.03.15 († 84)

Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (1949.12.25 – 1969)

Titular Bishop of Diyum (1949.12.25 – 1976.03.15)

Bishop Giovanni Tirinnanzi, O.F.M. Cap.
(1937.07.02 – 1949.01.27)

Born:1869.03.28 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1937.10.28
Died:1949.01.27 († 79)

Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (1937.07.02 – 1949.01.27)

Titular Bishop of Gaza (1937.07.02 – 1949.01.27)

Bishop Pacifico Tiziano Micheloni, O.F.M. Cap.
(1933.04.25 – 1936.07.06)

Born:1881.03.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:1936.07.06 († 55)

Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (1933.04.25 – 1936.07.06)

Titular Bishop of Lete (1933.04.25 – 1936.07.06)

Archbishop Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, O.F.M. Cap.
(1916.04.15 – 1925)

Born:1878.12.28 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1901.07.07
Consecrated Bishop:1916.09.21
Died:1962.05.09 († 83)

Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (1916.04.15 – 1925)

Titular Archbishop of Tenedus (1916.04.15 – 1937.08.21)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Agra (India) (1930 – 1937.08.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Agra (India) (1937.08.21 – 1956)

Titular Archbishop of Bizya (1956 – 1962.05.09)

Bishop Raffaele Presutti, O.F.M. Cap.
(1910.09.13 – 1915)

Born:1845.01.09 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:
Died:1915 († 70)

Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (1910.09.13 – 1915)

Titular Bishop of Anchialus (1910.09.13 – 1915)

Bishop Bernard Thomas Edward Clark
(1902.03.21 – 1910.06.18)

Born:1856.11.26 (United Kingdom)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1902.06.01
Died:1915.09.26 († 58)

Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (1902.03.21 – 1910.06.18)

Titular Bishop of Tingis (1902.03.21 – 1910.06.18)

Bishop of Port Victoria (Seychelles) (1910.06.18 – 1915.09.26)

Bishop Louis-Callixte Lasserre, O.F.M. Cap.
(1889.06.28 – 1900.04)

Born:1839.04.06 (France)
Ordained Priest:
Consecrated Bishop:1882.12.10
Died:1903.08.22 († 64)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Galla (Ethiopia) (1881.03.15 – 1886)

Titular Bishop of Maroc (1881.03.15 – 1903.08.22)

Vicar Apostolic of Aden (United Arab Emirates) (1886 – 1888.05.04)

Vicar Apostolic of Aden (United Arab Emirates) (1888.05.04 – 1889.06.28)

Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (1889.06.28 – 1900.04)

Vicars Apostolic of Aden (Roman Rite)

Bishop Louis-Callixte Lasserre, O.F.M. Cap.
(1888.05.04 – 1889.06.28)

(see above)

Bishop Louis-Callixte Lasserre, O.F.M. Cap.
(1886 – 1888.05.04)

(see above)

Past Prelates

as of 2009.06.30

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