Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia

Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia Apostolicus Vicariatus Arabiae Meridionalis النيابة الرسولية من جنوب الجزيرة العربية
Location
Country	Yemen United Arab Emirates Oman
Statistics
Area	929,969 km2 (359,063 sq mi)
Churches	16
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Byzantine Rite[1] Coptic Catholic[citation needed] Malankara Rite[2][3] Maronite[citation needed] Roman Rite Syro-Malabar[3]
Cathedral	St. Joseph's Cathedral, Abu Dhabi
Language	Ecclesiastical Latin Arabic English language Filipino language[2] French language[2][1] German language[2][1] Italian language[2][1] Konkani language[2][1][3][4][5] Korean language[2][1] Malayalam[2][1][3][4][5] Marathi language[4] Polish language[2] Sinhala language[2][1][3][4] Spanish language[1] Tagalog language[1][3][4][5] Tamil language[2][1][3][4][5] Ukrainian language[2] Urdu[2][3][4]
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Vicar Apostolic	Paolo Martinelli
Map
Website
Website of the Apostolic Vicariate

Vicar of Southern Arabia
Catholic
Coat of arms
Incumbent: Paolo Martinelli Installed 2 July 2022
Location
Country	United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen
Information
First holder	Paul Hinder
Established	2011
Cathedral	St. Joseph's Cathedral, Abu Dhabi

The Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia (Latin: Vicariatus Apostolicus Arabiæ Meridionalis) (Arabic: النيابة الرسولية من جنوب الجزيرة العربية) is an apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church with territorial jurisdiction for Oman, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.^[6]

The vicar apostolic of the vicariate is Paolo Martinelli.^[7]

It was first established in 1888 (as the Apostolic Vicariate of Aden) and took its current name in 2011. The see of the vicar apostolic is in St. Joseph's Cathedral in Abu Dhabi. Since 1916 it has been in the care of the Capuchins of Florence.