Apostolic Prefecture of the Falkland Islands
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Prefecture Apostolic of Falkland Islands Apostolica Praefectura de Insulis Falkland |
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| Location | |
| Country | Falkland Islands |
| Territory | Falkland Islands |
| Ecclesiastical province | Immediately subject to the Holy See |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 12,173 km2 (4,700 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 3,000 300 (10.0%) |
| Parishes | 1 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 10 January 1952 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Apostolic Administrator | Hugh Allan, O.Praem. |
| Vicar General | Fr. John Wisdom, O.Praem. |
The Apostolic Prefecture of Falkland Islands (Latin: Apostolica Præfectura de Insulis Falkland) is a Roman Catholic apostolic prefecture (missionary circoncscription) located in the Falkland Islands and covering the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, UK Southern Atlantic Ocean overseas possessions, off Argentina and Antarctica.
It is exempt, i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See, not part of an ecclesiastical province. Its only church on the actual Falklands is its episcopal see, St Mary's, in the Falklands capital Stanley. Christ Church Cathedral is not a Catholic church and is the southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world, consecrated in 1892.
The Latin missionary jurisdiction was established on 1 October 1952 as Apostolic Prefecture, splitting the offshore territory of Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands from the Diocese of Punta Arenas in Chile.
An exempt mission sui juris has been created, on 18 August 1986, for the British overseas territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, comprising the Atlantic ocean islands of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, off the West African coasts, splitting these territories from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town.
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