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((Short description|Catholic missionary jurisdiction in the Southern Atlantic Ocean))
((Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction      = Prefecture Apostolic
| name              = Falkland Islands
| latin             = Apostolica Praefectura de Insulis Falkland
| local             = <!-- Name in the native language --> 
| image             = Coat of Arms of the Apostolic Prefecture of the South Atlantic.svg
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<!---- Locations ---->
| country           = Falkland Islands
| territory         = Falkland Islands
| province          = Immediately [[Exemption (Catholic canon law)|exempt]] to the [[Holy See]]
| metropolitan      = 
| archdeaconries    = 
| deaneries         = 
| subdivisions      = 
| coordinates       = <!-- Use ((coord)) -->
<!---- Statistics ---->
| area_km2          = 12,173
| area_sqmi         = <!-- Area in square miles, automatically converted -->
| area_footnotes    = 
| population        = 3,000
| population_as_of  = 2010
| catholics         = 300
| catholics_percent = 10.0
| parishes          = 1<!-- Number of parishes in the diocese -->
| churches          = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese -->
| congregations     = <!-- Number of congregations in the diocese -->
| schools           = <!-- Number of church supported schools in the diocese -->
| members           = <!-- Number of members in the diocese -->
<!---- Information ---->
| denomination      = [[Catholic Church]]
| sui_iuris_church  = [[Latin Church]]
| rite              = [[Roman Rite]]
| established       = 10 January 1952
| cathedral         = <!-- Cathedral that serves as the seat of the diocese -->
| cocathedral       = 
| patron            = <!-- Patron saint(s) of the diocese (or archdiocese) -->
| patron_title      = <!-- Use to override the default label "Patron saint" -->
| priests           = <!-- Number of priests in the diocese -->
<!---- Current leadership ---->
| pope              = ((Incumbent pope)) <!-- DO NOT CHANGE. This will update the Popes Automatically as they change -->
| patriarch         = 
| major_archbishop  = 
| bishop            = [[Hugh Allan (prelate)|Hugh Allan]], [[Premonstratensians|O.Praem.]]
| bishop_title      = Apostolic Administrator
| metro_archbishop  = <!-- Name of the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province -->
| coadjutor         = 
| suffragans        = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration); use | suffragan = for one -->
| auxiliary_bishops = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration) -->
| apostolic_admin   = 
| vicar_general     = Fr. John Wisdom, O.Praem.
| episcopal_vicar   =
| archdeacons       = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of first collation); use | archdeacon = for one-->
| emeritus_bishops  = <!-- List most senior first (usually reckoned by date of consecration) -->
<!---- Map ---->
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<!---- Website ---->
| website           = [https://prefecturemission.org prefecturemission.org]
| footnotes         = 
))

The '''Apostolic Prefecture of Falkland Islands''' (((lang-la|Apostolica Præfectura de Insulis Falkland))) is a [[Latin Church]] missionary ecclesiastical jurisdiction or [[apostolic prefecture]] of the [[Catholic Church]] covering the [[Falkland Islands]] and [[South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands]],<ref name="rcsouthwark">((cite web | url=http://www.rcsouthwark.co.uk/bp_forces_01.html | title=Press release from the Office of the Bishopric of the Forces: Former Territorial Army Chaplain to become the next Catholic Forces Bishop | publisher=Archdiocese of Southwark | accessdate=9 April 2016 | archive-date=2 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002155257/http://www.rcsouthwark.co.uk/bp_forces_01.html | url-status=dead ))</ref><ref name="CatholicChurch">((cite web | url=http://www.catholic-ew.org.uk/Home/News/2009/Mgr-Richard-Moth-Ordained-Bishop | title=Ordination of Mgr Richard Moth as Catholic Bishop of the Forces | publisher=The Catholic Church in England and Wales | date=29 September 2009 | accessdate=9 April 2016))</ref><ref>((cite web | url=http://dioceseofmenevia.org/bishop/bishop.htm | title=THE RIGHT REVEREND THOMAS MATTHEW BURNS | publisher=Diocese of Minevia | accessdate=9 April 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422201654/http://dioceseofmenevia.org/bishop/bishop.htm | archive-date=22 April 2016 | url-status=dead ))</ref> UK Southern [[Atlantic Ocean]] overseas possessions. 
 
It is immediately [[Exemption (Catholic canon law)|exempt]] to the [[Holy See]] and not part of an [[ecclesiastical province]]. Its only church in the Falklands is its [[cathedra]], St Mary's, in the Falklands capital [[Stanley, Falkland Islands|Stanley]]. ([[Christ Church Cathedral (Falkland Islands)|Christ Church Cathedral]] is not a Catholic church but is the southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world, [[dedication of churches|consecrated]] in 1892.)

== History ==
The Latin missionary jurisdiction was established on 1 October 1952 as [[Apostolic Prefecture]], splitting the offshore territory of Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands from the [[Diocese of Punta Arenas]] in [[Chile]].

==Mission Sui Iuris of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha==
The Apostolic Prefecture of the Falkland Islands has a close relationship with the [[Mission Sui Iuris of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha]]. An exempt [[mission sui juris]], it was created on 18 August 1986 for the British overseas territory of [[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha]], comprising the [[Atlantic Ocean]] islands of [[Saint Helena]], [[Ascension Island]] and [[Tristan da Cunha]], splitting these territories from the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Town|Archdiocese of Cape Town]].

It comprises a church or chapel on each island:
* Church of the Sacred Heart in [[Jamestown, Saint Helena]]
* Grotto of Our Lady on [[Ascension Island|Ascension]]
* Church of Saint Joseph on [[Tristan da Cunha]].

From the start, the office of its ecclesiastical superior has been vested in the Apostolic Prefect of the Falklands, another UK Southern Atlantic overseas possession.

== Incumbent ordinaries ==
''So far, all incumbents have been members of Roman rite missionary congregations, none titular bishops
; [[Prelates]] of the Falkland Islands 
* Friar James Ireland, [[Mill Hill Missionaries|M.H.M.]] (March 28, 1952 – †1973)
* Friar Daniel Martin Spraggon, M.H.M. (May 7, 1973 – †September 27, 1985)

; Prelates of the Falkland Islands and [[Ecclesiastical Superior]]s of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha
* Mgr. [[Anton Agreiter]], [[Mill Hill Missionaries|M.H.M.]] (October 1, 1986 – August 9, 2002; †2003)
* Mgr. [[Michael McPartland|Michael Bernard McPartland]], [[Society of African Missions|S.M.A.]] (August 9, 2002 – 26 October 2016; †2017)
* Abbot [[Hugh Allan (prelate)|Hugh Allan]], [[Praemonstratensian|O.Praem.]]  (26 October 2016 – present)

== Sources, References and External links ==
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/falk0.htm GigaCatholic Falkland Islands, with incumbent biography links]
* [http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/zhel0.htm GigaCatholic Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, with incumbent biographies]
* [https://prefecturemission.org Prefecture Website]

==References==
((Reflist))

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