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The Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia (the territorial jurisdiction covering Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia) is dedicated to our Blessed Mother, under the title, "Our Lady of Arabia".
The devotion to Our Lady of Arabia began on 8 December 1948. It was on this day that the small chapel in Ahmadi, Kuwait was dedicated to Our Lady of Arabia. The statue of Our Lady at Ahmadi was blessed in 1949 at the Vatican by Pope Pius XII who later proclaimed the Queenship of Mary in 1954.
In early 2007, Bishop Camillo Ballin, MCCJ, the then Vicar Apostolic of Kuwait, received permission from the Holy See to have a feast day established in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of Our Lady of Arabia. On 5 January 2011, the Holy See officially proclaimed Our Lady of Arabia as the Patroness of both the Vicariates in the Arabian Peninsula: The Vicariate Apostolic of Kuwait and the Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia.
The Saturday preceding the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time is celebrated as the Solemnity of Our Lady of Arabia with the permission to celebrate it also on Sunday.
Source: www.avona.org