Former Apostolic Vicars
The bishops who have shepherded the Catholic community of Southern Arabia through the years, from the earliest days of the mission to the present Vicariate.
Apostolic Vicars since 1888
Apostolic Vicars and Administrators since the creation of the Apostolic Vicariate on 4 May 1888.
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2005–2022
Paul Hinder, OFM Cap. Apostolic Vicar (of Arabia until 2011, then of Southern Arabia) · previously Auxiliary Bishop, 2003–2005
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1975–2005
Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli, OFM Cap. Apostolic Vicar
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1969–1975
Damiano Rolando Ciacci, OFM Cap. Administrator
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1949–1969
Luigi Magliacani, OFM Cap. Apostolic Vicar · Administrator 1948–1949
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1937–1948
Giovanni Battista Tirinnanzi, OFM Cap. Apostolic Vicar
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1936–1937
Angelo Pasquinelli of Treppio, OFM Cap. Administrator
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1933–1936
Pacifico Tiziano Micheloni, OFM Cap. Apostolic Vicar · Administrator 1928–1933
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1927–1928
Angelo Pasquinelli of Treppio, OFM Cap. Administrator
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1916–1926
Evangelista Latino Enrico Vanni, OFM Cap. Apostolic Vicar
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1914–1916
Paolo Lazzeri da Lucignano, OFM Cap. Administrator
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1910–1914
Raffaele Filippo Presutti, OFM Cap. Apostolic Vicar
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1902–1910
Bernard (Bernardine) Thomas Edward Clark, OFM Cap. Apostolic Vicar
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1901
Jean Chrysostome Bigel, OFM Cap. Appointed Vicar · Resigned before his consecration
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1888–1901
Louis Callixte (Luigi Gonzaga) Lasserre, OFM Cap. Apostolic Vicar · First Apostolic Vicar
Apostolic Vicar · 2005–2022
Bishop Paul Hinder, OFM Cap.
A Swiss-born Capuchin Franciscan, Bishop Paul Hinder served the Church in the Arabian Peninsula for nearly two decades — as Apostolic Vicar of Arabia from 2005 to 2011, and then of Southern Arabia until 2022. His years of ministry included the historic visit of Pope Francis to the United Arab Emirates in 2019.
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