St. Joseph's Cathedral, Abu Dhabi, Roman Catholic cathedral in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

St. Joseph's Cathedral is a broad, flat-roofed building with smooth white walls. Its central facade rises to a shallow peaked gable above a tall recessed window of vertical concrete fins; below, a projecting canopy carries raised metal lettering reading "ST. JOSEPH'S CATHEDRAL" with Arabic script above and "Abu Dhabi - U.A.E." below. Wide brown wooden double doors with square panels sit between two small wall lamps, and a tall banner to the right shows a robed figure with red and blue rays.

Work on Abu Dhabi's first church began in October 1963, and its foundation stone was blessed in February 1964 on land donated by Sheikh Shakhbut bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Father Barnabas Madii oversaw the construction, and the church was inaugurated on 19 February 1965. The foundation of the present cathedral was laid on 19 March 1981, and the new complex opened on 25 February 1983.

Masses are celebrated in Arabic and in the languages of Abu Dhabi's expatriate communities, among them English, French, German, Italian, Konkani, Malayalam, Sinhalese, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil and Urdu. The parish counts over 100,000 expatriate Catholics, and most services fill the church. The Arabic name is كاتدرائية القديس يوسف.

The cathedral stands near the junction of Airport Road and 17th Street. Masses run on a fixed weekday and Sunday timetable, with several Sunday services in Tagalog, Malayalam and Arabic; times can shift on holy days, so check before travelling. The Bishop's House and St Joseph's School share the compound.

Pope Francis visited in February 2019 as part of a trip to the United Arab Emirates that marked the first papal visit ever made to the Arabian Peninsula. During his time at the cathedral, he met with members of the local congregation inside the building.