Holy Family Co-Cathedral, Kuwait

Holy Family Cathedral, Kuwait City.

Holy Family Co-Cathedral, formerly known as Holy Family Cathedral, is a Catholic co-cathedral in Kuwait City.[1] The church is situated in the east side of Kuwait City, in the Qibla area. The land was donated by the government of Kuwait.[2] Architect Emilio Tenca designed the cathedral, The first stone was laid on January 27, 1957 and the cathedral was consecrated on March 16, 1961.[3]

The church contains a statue of Our Lady of Arabia, a smaller replica of the 1949 cedar statue enshrined at the Catholic church in Ahmadi, Kuwait.[4]

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  2. ^ "The Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia".
  3. ^ "Welcome to AVONA (Holy Family Cathedral Parish, Kuwait City)". avona.org. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  4. ^ Santoro, Nicholas Joseph (12 August 2011). Mary In Our Life: Atlas of the Names and Titles of Mary, the Mother of Jesus ... - Nicholas J. Santoro - Google Books. iUniverse. ISBN 9781462040223. Retrieved 2014-04-21.