# Catholic Church in Kuwait

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Holy Family Cathedral, [Kuwait City](/source/Kuwait_City).

The **Catholic Church in [Kuwait](/source/Kuwait)** is part of the worldwide [Catholic Church](/source/Catholic_Church), under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in [Rome](/source/Rome).

In 2020, Christians made up 17.93% of the population.[1][2] Of these, 80% were Catholic,[3] or approximately 560,000 people.

## Overview

There are no [dioceses](/source/Diocese) in the country, but Kuwait falls under the [Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia](/source/Apostolic_Vicariate_of_Northern_Arabia). The superior was the Italian bishop [Camillo Ballin](/source/Camillo_Ballin) until his death on April 12, 2020.The current superior is His Excellency Bishop Aldo Berardi

There is a [cathedral](/source/Holy_Family_Co-Cathedral%2C_Kuwait) in [Kuwait City](/source/Kuwait_City) dedicated to the [Holy Family](/source/Holy_Family). However, this church is now a co-cathedral with the [Cathedral of Our Lady of Arabia](/source/Cathedral_of_Our_Lady_of_Arabia) in [Bahrain](/source/Bahrain).

The apostolic vicariate is led by a **vicar apostolic**, who is usually a [titular bishop](/source/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](/source/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.[4]

The other parishes are St. Thérèse Parish, Salmiya, Our Lady of Arabia Parish, Ahmadi and St. Daniel Comboni Parish, Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh.[5] In 2002, the [Salesian](/source/Salesian) religious order started an English language school in the country.[6]

There are also some churches belonging to the [Eastern Catholic Church](/source/Eastern_Catholic_Church): the Syro-Malankara Catholic Community, [Syro-Malabar](/source/Syro-Malabar) Holy Family Cathedral Parish, and the Patriarchal Vicariate of Kuwait which belongs to the [Melkite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch](/source/Melkite_Catholic_Patriarchate_of_Antioch).[7]

In 2020, there were 21 priests and 11 nuns working across four parishes.[8]

## See also

- [Religion in Kuwait](/source/Religion_in_Kuwait)

- [Christianity in Kuwait](/source/Christianity_in_Kuwait)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-reli_1-0)** ["Nationality By Religion and Nationality"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180814154256/http://stat.paci.gov.kw/arabicreports/#DataTabPlace:ColumnChartEduAge). *Government of Kuwait* (in Arabic). Archived from [the original](http://stat.paci.gov.kw/arabicreports/#DataTabPlace:ColumnChartEduAge) on 2018-08-14. Retrieved 2023-08-13.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-PACI_2-0)** ["PACI Statistics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20140313222900/http://stat.paci.gov.kw/englishreports/#DataTabPlace:ColumnChartEduAge). *Kuwait Public Authority for Civil Information*. Archived from [the original](http://stat.paci.gov.kw/englishreports/#DataTabPlace:ColumnChartEduAge) on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [World Religion Database at the ARDA website, retrieved 2023-08-08](https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles?u=125c)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Scudder, Lewis R. (1998). [*The Arabian Mission's Story: In Search of Abraham's Other Son*](https://books.google.com/books?id=nKBn1AOZUrwC&q=Holy+Family+Cathedral%2C+Kuwait&pg=PA236). Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8028-4616-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8028-4616-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Welcome to AVONA (Parishes of Kuwait)"](http://www.avona.org/kuwait/parishes_kuwait.htm#.YXdOX57MI2w). *www.avona.org*. Retrieved 2021-10-26.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-numbers_6-0)** ["Salesians Open English-Language School in Kuwait"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110607230515/http://www.zenit.org/article-4283?l=english). [Zenit News Agency](/source/Zenit_News_Agency). 2002-04-28. Archived from [the original](http://www.zenit.org/article-4283?l=english) on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2008-11-21.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Christianity in Kuwait - Catholic 2021"](https://www.unionbetweenchristians.com/2021/08/christianity-in-kuwait-catholic-2021.html). Retrieved 2021-10-26.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Catholics And Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08](https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/kuwait)

## External links

- [Statistics relating to the Catholic Church in Kuwait](http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/kw.html)

- [Homepage of the Catholic Church in Kuwait](http://www.avona.org/)

- [Photo of the cathedral](http://www.hal-pc.org/~farleycw/ZImages/Travel/Kuwait/46441CathChrchxo.jpg)

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