Back Parish of the Falkland Islands German Parroquia de las Islas Malvinas Spanish Parrocchia anglicana delle Isole Falkland Italian Falklandsöarnas församling Swedish 福克蘭群島牧區 Chinese 福克蘭羣島牧區 ZH-YUE
The Parish of the Falkland Islands is an extra-provincial church in the Anglican Communion. In 1869, the "Diocese of the Falkland Isles" with jurisdiction over the rest of South America except for British Guiana was established.[1] The name was due to a legal technicality: at that time there was no way an English bishop could be consecrated for areas outside the jurisdiction of the Crown.[1] From the start, the bishop resided in Buenos Aires and had his administrative office there.[1] From 1902 to 1973, the jurisdiction of the diocese was progressively reduced in area as more dioceses were established in South America and after the formation of the "Consejo Anglicano Sudamericano" in 1973 as a step towards the formation of a new province of the Anglican Communion the Parish became extra-provincial under the direct jurisdiction of the Archbishop of Canterbury.[2] Until the war between Britain and Argentina in 1982, at the Archbishop's request episcopal functions were performed by the Anglican Bishop of Argentina.[2]