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Apostolic Vicariate of

Southern Arabic

United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, Oman Oman, Yemen Yemen

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Roman (Latin)

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 / Arabiæ (Latin)
  • 1953.06.29: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Kuwait
  • 2011.05.31: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabic (English) / Arabiæ Meridionalis (Latin) (lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia)

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2011.05.31 – ...):Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. (69)Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. (69)

Titular Bishop of Macon

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Southern Arabic (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. (69)Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. (69)
(2011.05.31 – ...)

Justitia et pax et gaudium / Justice peace and joy

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 – 2011.05.31)

Vicar Apostolic of Southern Arabic (United Arab Emirates) (2011.05.31 – ...)

Vicars Apostolic of Arabia (Roman Rite)

Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. (69)Bishop Paul Hinder, O.F.M. Cap. (69)
(2005.03.21 – 2011.05.31)

(see above)

Bishop Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap. (85)Bishop Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, O.F.M. Cap. (85)
(1975.10.02 – 2005.03.21)

Ut omnes unum sint

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)
Consecrated Bishop:1937.10.28
Died:1949.01.27 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Gaza (1937.07.02 – 1949.01.27)

Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (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)
Died:1936.07.06 († 55)

Titular Bishop of Lete (1933.04.25 – 1936.07.06)

Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (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)
Died:1915 († 70)

Titular Bishop of Anchialus (1910.09.13 – 1915)

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

Bishop Bernard Thomas Edward Clark
(1902.03.21 – 1910.06.18)

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

Titular Bishop of Tingis (1902.03.21 – 1910.06.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Arabia (United Arab Emirates) (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)
Consecrated Bishop:1882.12.10
Died:1903.08.22 († 64)

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

Titular Bishop of Marocco (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)

Former Prelates

as of 2012.01.15

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