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Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli
Emeritus Vicar Apostolic of Arabia
Giovanni Bernardo Gremoli (30 June 1926 – 6 July 2017) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Born in Italy, Gremoli was ordained to the priesthood in 1951. Gremoli served as titular bishop of Masuccaba and was Vicar Apostolic of Arabia from 1976 to 2005. During this time, he spent a lot of time in St. Joseph's Cathedral, Abu Dhabi and[1] he is one of the people credited with establishing the presence of the Catholic church in the Arabian Peninsula.[2] He was succeeded by Paul Hinder.