Roman Catholic Vicariate Apostolic of Arabiaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

The Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Arabiae) is a Roman Catholic apostolic vicariate located in the United Arab Emirates. It is a territorial jurisdiction of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church covering the following countries of the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding region: Bahrain, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Somaliland and Yemen, an area of over 1.2 million square miles. There are Catholic parishes in all these countries with the exception of Saudi Arabia and Somaliland, where the public practice of non-Islamic religions is forbidden. The current superior of the vicariate is the Swiss born Bishop Paul Hinder OFM Cap. It was established in 1888 as the Apostolic Vicariate of Aden and changed to its present name in 1889. The See of the jurisdiction was in Aden until 1973, when it was transferred to St. Joseph's Cathedral in Abu Dhabi. Since 1916 it has been in the care of the Capuchins of Florence.