Catholic Church in United Arab Emirates
Also known as: Vereinigte Arabische Emirate (Deutsch), Emiratos Árabes Unidos (español), les Émirats arabes unis (français), Emirati Arabi Uniti (Italiano), Zjednoczone Emiraty Arabskie (polski), Emirados Árabes Unidos (Português), 阿拉伯聯合酋長國 (正體中文), アラブ首長国連邦 (日本語), Phylarchiarum Arabicarum Confœderatio (latine)
Celebrations
Documents and Celebrations 
Papal Visits
- 2019.02.03 – 2019.02.05: Apostolic Journey to United Arab Emirates
Geography
Cultural Summary
Religions: Muslim (official) 76%, Christian 9%, other (primarily Hindu and Buddhist, less than 5% of the population consists of Parsi, Baha'i, Druze, Sikh, Ahmadi, Ismaili, Dawoodi Bohra Muslim, and Jewish) 15%
Languages: Arabic (official), Persian, English, Hindi, Urdu
Ethnic Groups: Emirati 11.6%, South Asian 59.4% (includes Indian 38.2%, Bangladeshi 9.5%, Pakistani 9.4%, other 2.3%), Egyptian 10.2%, Philippine 6.1%, other 12.8%
Statistics (2021.12.31)
Area: 83,600 km²
Catholic Population: 875,000 Catholics (8.8% of 9,890,000 total)
Pastoral Centres: 9 parishes, 4 mission stations (without resident priest)
Clergy: 2 bishops (titular), 68 priests (13 diocesan, 55 religious)
Non-Clergy: 43 religious (1 brother, 42 sisters), 3 major seminarians, 1,328 catechists