Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands
Latin Catholic missionary jurisdiction in the Pacific / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
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.
Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands Praefectura Apostolica Insularum Marshallensium | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | |
Ecclesiastical province | Agaña |
Statistics | |
Area | 69 sq mi (180 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 59,000 5,123 (8.7%) |
Parishes | 5 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 23 April 1993 (31 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Assumption (Majuro) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Apostolic Prefect | Fr. Ariel Galido, M.S.C. |
Map | |
The apostolic prefecture is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Agaña (with its see on Guam), yet still depends on the Dicastery for Evangelization.
Although the see of the prefecture, the Cathedral of the Assumption, in Majuro, on Majuro Atoll, is not in the United States, the prelature includes Wake Island, which is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States.