Apostolic Prefecture of the Falkland Islands
Encyclopedia
The Apostolic Prefecture of Falkland Islands is a Roman Catholic apostolic prefecture located in the Falkland Islands
and covering the Falkland Islands, South Georgia Island, and Tristan da Cunha.
Falkland Islands
The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...
and covering the Falkland Islands, South Georgia Island, and Tristan da Cunha.
History
- 1952: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Falkland Islands from the Diocese of Punta Arenas in ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
Leadership
- Prelates of the Falkland Islands (Roman rite)
- Fr. Michael Bernard McPartland, S.M.A. (August 9, 2002 – present)
- Fr. Anton Agreiter, M.H.M. (October 1, 1986 – August 9, 2002)
- Fr. Daniel Martin Spraggon, M.H.M. (May 7, 1973 – September 27, 1985)
- Fr. James Ireland, M.H.M. (March 28, 1952 – 1973)