The St. Francis of Assisi Church[1][2] (Arabic: كنيسة القديس فرنسيس الأسيزي) or the Proto-Cathedral of St. Francis of Assisi, or simply Church of St. Francis,[3] is a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the city of Aden, in the Asian country of Yemen.

[4][5] The term "proto-cathedral" in its name is used to refer to a church which was previously the cathedral of the see of a bishop.

In the case of this particular proto-cathedral, it served as the cathedral of what is currently known as the Apostolic Vicariate of Southern Arabia from 1892 until 1974, when the Vicariate's seat was transferred to St. Joseph's Cathedral in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

The statue of Christ blessing the sea has been attacked several times but remains in place.

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