Apostolic Prefecture of Southern Patagonia
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The Apostolic Prefecture of Southern Patagonia was a short-lived (1884-1916) pre-diocesan Latin Catholic jurisdiction in Patagonia (notably Tierra del Fuego), i.e. southern Chile and Argentina.
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- Established in 1884 as Apostolic Prefecture of Southern Patagonia / Patagonia Meridionale (Curiate Italian) / Magallanes / Tierra del Fuego y Islas Malvinas (Spanish) / Magellanen(sis) (Latin adjective) / Patagoniæ Meridionalis (Latin), on territory split off from the Diocese of San Carlos de Ancud
- Suppressed on 1916.10.04, its territory being reassigned partly to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Buenos Aires (Argentina) and partly to establish the Apostolic Vicariate of Magallanes y Islas Malvinas (now Diocese of Punta Arenas, Chile).
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