Church of St. Francis of Assisi (Aden)

The Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Aden ^{[1] [2]} or the Old Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi , or simply the Church of St. Francis of Aden , ^[3] is a religious building (temple) in the city of Aden , Yemen , which was at one time a branch of the Catholic churches. ^{[4] [5]}

Church St. Francis of Assisi in Aden
Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Aden. 1963 year.
Other names	English St. Francis of assisi church in aden
Located	Aden , Yemen
Status	Church
Built in	1863 year
Architectural style	Roman catholic church
Under jurisdiction	Roman catholic church
Design	British architects

Steamer Point in 1963. On the left is the church of St. Francis.

Church of St. Francis in Aden. This photo was taken before 1967.

St. Francis Church is located across from Stimer Point. Aden, 1967

View of the Tuvahi area, including Styimer Point, in 2010. Church of St. Francis on the right, on the edge of the photograph.

Church of St. Francis in 2013. The school of St. Anthony, only for boys, is located next to this church (where there are trees), but is separated by a wall.

St. Francis Church and St. Anthony School in 2013. The sea moved away and is further from the church than in 1967.

Catholic Church of St. Francis. The statue of Christ is still in place! year 2013.

In the Tawahi quarter of Aden , two churches were opened for parishioners during the reign of Great Britain in this region: St. Anthony and St. Francis, built in 1839 and 1863, respectively. The churches of St. Joseph and St. Mary were also opened in the Crater quarter, built in 1852 and 1871. ^[6]

On May 4, 1888, the Holy See transformed the apostolic prefecture of the Roman Catholic Church into the apostolic vicar of Aden . In 1889, the Aden Apostolic Vicariate was renamed the Arabian Apostolic Vicariate, whose territory covered the entire Arabian Peninsula . ^{[7] [6]}

The Temple of St. Francis of Assisi was the cathedral of the Apostolic Vicar of South Arabia (or the Pope's vicar in Aden) between 1892 and 1974.

On June 29, 1953, the Apostolic Vicariate of Arabia transferred part of its territory (Northern Arabia) to the new Apostolic Prefecture of Kuwait (today the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia ). ^[eight]

Then, from 1974, the Vicariate residence was moved from Aden to St. Joseph's Cathedral in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates . Currently, only this temple has the status of a parish church, the structure of which has still remained, but has significantly deteriorated.

The statue of Christ blessing the sea was attacked several times - stones were thrown at her and shot. But she is still there. When there was British rule in this region, a boy-only school (St. Anthony's School) operated near the church. When the British left Aden, the Yemeni government expropriated the school and built a wall between the temple and the school.