Camillo Ballin

Camillo Ballin, M.C.C.J. (June 24, 1944 – April 12, 2020) was an Italian Catholic member of the Comboni Missionaries and bishop, writer and educator who was the Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Northern Arabia.

Family and early life Camillo Ballin, son of Lucia and Angelo Ballin, was born in Fontaniva, Italy on June 24, 1944. He died on 12 April 2020.

Career Ballin was ordained Priest of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus on March 30, 1969.

Later life Ballin resided in Awali in the Kingdom of Bahrain at the Persian Gulf.

Death Ballin died in Rome in the evening of Easter Sunday (12 April 2020). He was undergoing treatment in Rome at the Gemelli Polyclinic since the last two months following diagnosis with lung cancer. During this period, the bishops of the Latin Conference of the Arab Regions (CELRA) were able to visit him and spend a few moments with him as they convened in Rome from 17–20 February 2020 for their 70th Plenary assembly.