SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH OF BAHRAIN (ÉGLISE CATHOLIQUE DU SACRÉ-CŒUR DE BAHREÏN)

The first time the bells of the Sacred Heart Church rang was Christmas night 1939. The first church of the Gulf countries, King Shaikh Haman Bin Isa Al Khalifa gave a land to the Catholic bishop Tirinanzi and the monk Capuchin brother Luigi. Since then the church has been welcoming the Catholic faithful. Widely frequented by expatriate communities, masses are given in a multitude of languages (French, English, Tamil, Spanish, Bengali, Malayali, etc.), reflecting the cosmopolitanism of the kingdom. The building, however, has nothing extraordinary.