{{short description|none}} {{Catholic Church by country}} [[File:Holy Family Cathedral (Kuwait).jpg|300px|thumb|Holy Family Cathedral, [[Kuwait City]].]] The '''Catholic Church in [[Kuwait]]''' is part of the worldwide [[Catholic Church]], under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in [[Rome]].
In 2020, Christians made up 17.93% of the population.<ref name=reli>{{cite web|url=http://stat.paci.gov.kw/arabicreports/#DataTabPlace:ColumnChartEduAge|title=Nationality By Religion and Nationality|work=Government of Kuwait|language=ar|access-date=2023-08-13|archive-date=2018-08-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814154256/http://stat.paci.gov.kw/arabicreports/#DataTabPlace:ColumnChartEduAge|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=PACI>{{cite web|title=PACI Statistics|url=http://stat.paci.gov.kw/englishreports/#DataTabPlace:ColumnChartEduAge|website=Kuwait Public Authority for Civil Information|access-date=1 February 2019|archive-date=13 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313222900/http://stat.paci.gov.kw/englishreports/#DataTabPlace:ColumnChartEduAge|url-status=dead}}</ref> Of these, 80% were Catholic,<ref>[https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=125c World Religion Database at the ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-08]</ref> or approximately 560,000 people.
==Overview==
There are no [[diocese]]s in the country, but Kuwait falls under the [[Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia]]. The superior was the Italian bishop [[Camillo Ballin]] until his death on April 12, 2020.The current superior is His Excellency Bishop Aldo Berardi
There is a [[Holy Family Co-Cathedral, Kuwait|cathedral]] in [[Kuwait City]] dedicated to the [[Holy Family]]. However, this church is now a co-cathedral with the [[Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia]] in [[Bahrain]].
The apostolic vicariate is led by a '''vicar apostolic''', who is usually a [[titular bishop]]. While such a territory can be classed as a particular Church, according to canon 371.1 of the Latin Code of Canon Law, a vicar apostolic's jurisdiction is an exercise of the jurisdiction of the Pope – the territory comes directly under the '''Pope''' as "local bishop", and the vicariate come '''directly under the jurisdiction of the [[Diocese of Rome]]''', where the pope exercises this authority through a "vicar". This is unlike a diocesan bishop's jurisdiction, which is derived directly from his office.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Scudder |first=Lewis R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nKBn1AOZUrwC&q=Holy+Family+Cathedral%2C+Kuwait&pg=PA236 |title=The Arabian Mission's Story: In Search of Abraham's Other Son |date=1998 |publisher=Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |isbn=978-0-8028-4616-7 |language=en}}</ref>
The other parishes are St. Thérèse Parish, Salmiya, Our Lady of Arabia Parish, Ahmadi and St. Daniel Comboni Parish, Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to AVONA (Parishes of Kuwait)|url=http://www.avona.org/kuwait/parishes_kuwait.htm#.YXdOX57MI2w|access-date=2021-10-26|website=www.avona.org}}</ref> In 2002, the [[Salesian]] religious order started an English language school in the country.<ref name="numbers">{{cite web|publisher=[[Zenit News Agency]] |title=Salesians Open English-Language School in Kuwait |date=2002-04-28 |url=http://www.zenit.org/article-4283?l=english |access-date=2008-11-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607230515/http://www.zenit.org/article-4283?l=english |archive-date=2011-06-07 }}</ref>
There are also some churches belonging to the [[Eastern Catholic Church]]: the Syro-Malankara Catholic Community, [[Syro-Malabar]] Holy Family Cathedral Parish, and the Patriarchal Vicariate of Kuwait which belongs to the [[Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Christianity in Kuwait - Catholic 2021|url=https://www.unionbetweenchristians.com/2021/08/christianity-in-kuwait-catholic-2021.html|access-date=2021-10-26}}</ref>
In 2020, there were 21 priests and 11 nuns working across four parishes.<ref>[https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/kuwait Catholics And Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08]</ref>
==See also== *[[Religion in Kuwait]] *[[Christianity in Kuwait]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/kw.html Statistics relating to the Catholic Church in Kuwait] *[http://www.avona.org/ Homepage of the Catholic Church in Kuwait] *[http://www.hal-pc.org/~farleycw/ZImages/Travel/Kuwait/46441CathChrchxo.jpg Photo of the cathedral]
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