Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia Most Rev. H.L. Bishop Camillo Ballin passed away in Rome. He was 76 years old.
Bishop Ballin was consecrated Bishop by His Eminence Crescenzio Cardinal Sepe at the Holy Family Cathedral, Kuwait City on September 2, 2005. In 2011, he was appointed as the first Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia with the territories of Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Saudi Arabia under his jurisdiction.
Last year he marked his 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood with a special mass at the Holy Family Cathedral in Kuwait city.
He was under treatment in Italy for the past few month.