Marshall Islands Apostolic Prefecture
Marshall Islands Apostolic Prefecture | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Marshall Islands |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Agaña |
Apostolic Prefect | Ariel Galido MSC |
Apostolic Prefect Emeritus |
James C. Gould SJ Raymundo Sabio MSC |
founding | 1993 |
surface | 181 km² |
Parishes | 12 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 52,600 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 5,100 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 9.7% |
Diocesan priest | 1 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 4 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,020 |
Permanent deacons | 1 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Friars | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 6 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption |
Website | http://usccb.org/hm/diocese/marshall.htm |
Ecclesiastical province | |
The Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands ( Latin : Apostolica Praefectura Insularum Marshallensium ) is a Roman Catholic Apostolic Prefecture located in the Marshall Islands and Wake , with its seat in Majuro .
history
The forerunner of today's Apostolic Prefecture Marshall Islands is the Mission sui juris Marshall Islands , founded in 1905 by Pope Pius X from the Apostolic Vicariate of New Pomerania . But already on May 4th 1923 the mission was dissolved and affiliated to the Apostolic Vicariate Marianen and Carolinen . From 1905 to 1915 Bruno Schinxe was MSC Superior.
The Apostolic Prefecture Marshall Islands was reestablished on April 23, 1993 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Quo expeditius by the division of the Diocese of Carolines-Marshall Islands into the Diocese of Carolines and the Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands.
Apostolic Prefects of the Marshall Islands
- James C. Gould SJ , 1993-2007
- Raymundo Sabio MSC , 2007-2017
- Ariel Galido MSC, since 2017
See also
Web links
- Entry on Apostolic Prefecture Marshall Islands on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on April 19, 2020.
- Entry on Giga-Catholic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Quo expeditius , AAS 85 (1993), n.10, p. 876ff.