Camillo Ballin was an Italian-Bahraini Catholic bishop, writer, missionary, and educator who was the Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia.
11 Facts About Camillo Ballin
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Camillo Ballin, son of Lucia and Angelo Ballin, was born in Fontaniva, Italy on June 24,1944.
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Camillo Ballin began his priestly apostle in St Joseph parish in Cairo in 1971, and then he served as Parish Priest from 1972 to 1977.
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From 1977 to 1980, Camillo Ballin was located first in Kaslik, in Lebanon, and then Pontificio Instituto Orientale, in Rome, for his Licentiate in Oriental liturgy.
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Camillo Ballin was a professor at the Institute of Theology in Cairo from 1981 to 1990.
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In 1990, Camillo Ballin moved to Sudan and founded a training institute for religion teachers.
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From 1997 to 2000, Camillo Ballin returned to Rome for his doctorate on the Church history.
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In 2004, Camillo Ballin published "The Ways of the Spirit" and "History of the Church" in Arabic.
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Camillo Ballin resided in Awali in the Kingdom of Bahrain at the Persian Gulf.
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Camillo Ballin died in Rome in the evening of Easter Sunday.
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Camillo Ballin was undergoing treatment in Rome at the Gemelli Polyclinic since the last two months following diagnosis with lung cancer.