Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands Praefectura Apostolica Insularum Marshallensium | |
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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. |
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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 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.