There are over 230 Catholics in the

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, approximately 10% of the total population. There are no

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s in the islands, instead they form an

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which was erected in January 1952. It is immediately subject to the

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and separate from any Argentine or UK dioceses. The spiritual leader of the prefecture is Father Hugh Allan who was appointed in 2016. The

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is celebrated at

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from FalklandIslands.com, retrieved 7 May 2015

St. Mary's Catholic Church

St. Mary's Catholic Church in Ross Road in Stanley is the sole Catholic Church on the Falkland Islands. It was blessed in 1899. On the west wall is a "pictorial history" of the Catholic Church in the Falkland Islands; it was illustrated by the local artist James Peck.

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