Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands

Coordinates: 7°00′47″N 168°13′19″E / 7.013°N 168.222°E / 7.013; 168.222
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Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands

Praefectura Apostolica Insularum Marshallensium
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The Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands (

Latin: Praefectura Apostolica Insularum Marshallensium) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or apostolic prefecture of the Catholic Church in the Marshall Islands
.

The apostolic prefecture is a

.

Although the see of the prefecture, the

, which is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States.

Statistics

As of 2021[update], there were 5,123 Catholics (8.7% of the population) on 181 km² of islands in a marine area nearly the size of the United States, served by 6 priests, 3 deacons and 6 nuns across 5 parishes.[1][2]

History

Missionaries from the Order of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (M.S.C.) arrived in 1898.[3] In 1905, a pre-diocesan jurisdiction was established as

Apostolic Vicariate of New Pomerania (mainly New Britain, in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea
).

On April 5, 1923, the independent mission was suppressed, its territory being merged into the then

Apostolic Vicariate of Mariana, Caroline and Marshall Islands
.

On April 23, 1993, Pope John Paul II split the former Diocese of Carolines-Marshalls into the Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands and the Diocese of Caroline Islands. In 2007, Father James Gould, apostolic prefect, resigned. Father Raymundo Sabio, a Filipino missionary, was chosen to succeed him.[4]

Ordinaries

Ecclesiastical Superior of the mission sui iuris Marshall Islands
  • Father
    Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
    (M.S.C.), (1905 - death 1915)
Apostolic Prefects of Marshall Islands
  1. Jesuits (S.J.) (born USA) (23 April 1993 – resigned 21 December 2007),[4]
    no other prelature
  2. Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (M.S.C.) (born Philippines) (22 December 2007 – retired 28 June 2017),[4]
    no previous prelature
  3. Ariel Galido, M.S.C. (born Philippines) (28 June 2017 – ...), no previous prelature

See also

References

  1. ^ "G Catholic website, retrieved 2023-08-28".
  2. ^ Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08
  3. .
  4. ^ a b c CNA Editorial Staff (2007-12-21). "Korean missionary to be apostolic prefect of the Marshall Islands". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2013-02-22.

Sources and external links

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