Roman Catholicism in Oman

The Roman Catholic Church in Oman is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

There are only 55,000 Roman Catholics in Oman (about 2% of the total population), mostly migrant workers expatriates. Oman forms part of the Vicariate Apostolic of Southern Arabia along with Yemen and the United Arab Emirates, with its center in the city of Abu Dhabi.

At present, there are four parishes, which have 7 priests:

Church of St. Anthony of Padua in Sohar;
Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Ruwi;
Church of the Holy Spirit in Muscat;
Church of St. Francis Xavier in Salalah.

External Links

http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/arab0.htm

http://www.stfrancisjebelali.ae/ccsarabia.php

Demographics of Oman

Religions	Islam Ibadi Christianity Roman Catholicism Jews

Ethnic groups	Al-Lawatia Arabs Bahrani Bedouins Ghafiri Harasis Hinawi Omanis Mehri Swahilis

Foreign nationals	Filipinos Indians Pakistanis

Roman Catholicism in Asia

Sovereign states	Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Cyprus East Timor (Timor-Leste) Egypt Georgia India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Oman Pakistan Philippines Qatar Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Tajikistan Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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