Santa María de Dubai - The great parish of the Gulf
St. Mary’s, en Oud Metha (Dubái), fue inaugurada el 7 de abril de 1967 sobre un terreno donado por el jeque Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, entonces gobernante de Dubái. El templo actual, consagrado en 1989, sirve a más de 300.000 fieles, lo que la sitúa entre las parroquias católicas más grandes del mundo, atendida por los capuchinos del Vicariato Apostólico de Arabia Meridional.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- He was born in 1967 on the ground donated by the Muslim ruler of Dubai himself, who personally opened it; in 2017 he celebrated his Golden Jubilee.
- The present temple, consecrated in 1989, is one of the largest Christian temples in the Middle East.
- With over 300,000 parishes - mostly Filipinos, South Asians and Africans - it is described by Catholic means as the largest parish in the world.
- Celebrate missus in more than a dozen languages, from Arabic to Tagalo, and solemnly celebrate each year the feast of Our Lady's Assumption.
Santa Maria (Dubai)
In the land of Islam, this parish dedicated to St. Mary brings together a multitude of workers from all over the world every week: a silent and persevering witness of Marian faith in the heart of the Gulf.
"Holy Mary, Mother asunta to heaven, love your children pilgrims on Gulf lands.
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