The Body of Christ Church ( is a

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church in

Visby Visby () is an urban areas in Sweden, urban area in Sweden and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County on the island of Gotland with 24,330 inhabitants . Visby is also the episcopal see for the Diocese of Visby. The Hanseatic League, ...

on the Swedish island of Gotland. Inaugurated by Bishop

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in 1982, it is the first Catholic church to be built on Gotland since the

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. The relatively small church has space for around 80 worshippers at a time.

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