Camillo Ballin

His Excellency
Camillo Ballin
Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia
Church Roman Catholic Church
Diocese Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia
Installed 31 May 2011
Orders
Ordination 30 March 1969
Consecration 2 October 2005
by Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe
Rank Bishop
Personal details
Born (1944-06-24) 24 June 1944
Padua, Italy
Nationality Italian & Bahraini
Denomination Roman Catholic
Residence Bishop's House, Awali Bahrain
Previous post Apostolic Vicar of Kuwait
Motto IN VERBO TUO
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Camillo Ballin (born June 24, 1944) is an Italian Roman Catholic bishop, writer, missionary, and educator who is the Roman Catholic Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia.

Family and early life

Camillo Ballin, son of Lucia and Angelo Ballin, was born in Fontaniva, Italy on June 24, 1944.[1]

Career

Ballin was ordained Priest of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus on March 30, 1969.[1]

Ballin began his priestly apostle in St. Joseph parish in Cairo in 1971, and then he served as Parish Priest from 1972 to 1977. From 1977 to 1980, Ballin was located first in Kaslik, in Lebanon, and then Pontificio Instituto Orientale, in Rome, for his Licentiate in Oriental liturgy. He was a professor at the Institute of Theology in Cairo from 1981 to 1990.

In 1990, Ballin moved to Sudan and founded a training institute for religion teachers. From 1997 to 2000, Ballin returned to Rome for his doctorate on the Church history. In 2000, he was appointed Director of the Dar Comboni Center of Arab and Islamic Studies in Cairo, Egypt.

On July 14, 2005, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Ballin as the Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait.[1]

Publications

In 2004, Ballin published "The Ways of the Spirit" and "History of the Church" in Arabic.[1]

Catholic Unity Congress

The Catholic Unity Congress was established in 2008 by the Pastoral Council at the Holy Family Cathedral in Kuwait City and led by Ballin as the head of the Catholic Church in Kuwait. The mission of the conference is to increase awareness that all Catholics groups "are one and united with the Lord." [2]

Later life

Ballin resides in Awali Bahrain.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Biography: HIS LORDSHIP BISHOP CAMILLO BALLIN, MCCI". The Vicariate Apostolic of Kuwait website. The Vicariate Apostolic of Kuwait. 1999–2010. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Garcia, Ben (13 November 2009). "Kuwait: Cathedral Concludes 'Catholic Unity Congress'". Friday Times. Shuwaikh, Kuwait: Kuwait Times. Retrieved 22 April 2010.

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