{{short description|none}} {{Catholic Church by country}} The '''Catholic Church in [[Qatar]]''' is part of the worldwide [[Catholic Church]]. Building in 2008.
==History== [[ File:Doha Catholic Church.JPG|thumb|right|200px|[[Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (Doha)]].]] Qatar forms part of the [[Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia]].
In 2023, there are about 350,000 Catholics in Qatar (including 9 priests),<ref>[https://www.catholicsandcultures.org/qatar Catholics and Cultures website, Retrieved 2023-07-05]</ref><ref name="GT">{{cite news | author = Ramesh Mathew | url = http://www.gulf-times.com/qatar/178/details/382107/prince-charles-visits-churches-in-abu-hamour | work = [[Gulf Times]] | title = Prince Charles visits churches in Abu Hamour | date = 22 February 2014| access-date= 22 February 2014}}</ref> most of whom are expatriate workers from the [[overseas Filipino|Philippines]], Europe and India.<ref>[https://www.state.gov/reports/2022-report-on-international-religious-freedom/qatar/#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20constitution%2C%20the,freedom%20to%20practice%20their%20religion US State Dept 2022 report]</ref>
[[Catholic Church of Our Lady of the Rosary (Doha, Qatar)|Our Lady of the Rosary]], the first Catholic church in Qatar, and also the first in an Arab Muslim emirate,{{citation needed|date=June 2025}} was dedicated in the capital, [[Doha]], on March 14, 2008.<ref>{{cite web | date= March 3, 2008| title= First Catholic Church in Arabic Country To Be Dedicated to Mary| work=Catholic News Agency | url=http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=86588| access-date=2008-03-03}}</ref> The church cost $15 million to build and received contributions from Catholics throughout the Arabian Peninsula.<ref>{{cite web | author=John Terrett| date= March 25, 2007| title= Christian church rises in Arabia | work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] | url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2007/03/2008525184821608334.html| access-date=2008-11-21}}</ref> Previously, Catholics and other Christians were limited to informal group meetings in homes.<ref>{{cite web| date= March 6, 2000| title= Religious Freedom Gains New Foothold in Qatar| work= Christianity Today| url= http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/003/16.26.html| access-date= 2006-06-18| archive-date= 2006-10-06| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061006000949/http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/003/16.26.html| url-status= dead}}</ref> Catholic Mass is offered there in nine different languages.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rpl.hds.harvard.edu/faq/christianity-qatar |title=Harvard Divinity School website |access-date=2023-07-12 |archive-date=2022-11-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221121055521/https://rpl.hds.harvard.edu/faq/christianity-qatar |url-status=dead }}</ref> Priests have noted that most services are held on Fridays.<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/religion-qatar-976bc327fa3ce06854332a9e2a1d0ec4 AP News, Retrieved 2023-07-05]</ref>
There are two Eastern Catholic Churches, St. Mary’s Malankara Catholic Church and St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Church.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Christianity in Qatar - Catholic 2021|url=https://www.unionbetweenchristians.com/2021/08/christianity-in-qatar-catholic-2021.html|access-date=2021-10-26}}</ref>
==See also== * [[Religion in Qatar]] * [[Christianity in Qatar]] * [[Protestantism in Qatar]] * [[Freedom of religion in Qatar]] * [[Christianity in the Middle East]] * [[Christianity in Eastern Arabia]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia}} {{Demographics of Qatar}} {{Asia topic|Catholic Church in|groupstyle=background-color:gold|titlestyle=background-color:gold}} {{Asia topic|Christianity in}}
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