The Body of Christ Church ( sv, Kristi Lekamens kyrka is a

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church in

Visby Visby () is an urban area in Sweden and the seat of Gotland Municipality in Gotland County on the island of Gotland with 24,330 inhabitants . Visby is also the episcopal see for the Diocese of Visby. The Hanseatic city of Visby is arguably th ...

on the Swedish island of Gotland. Inaugurated by Bishop

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in 1982, it is the first Catholic church to be built on Gotland since the

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. The relatively small church has space for around 80 worshippers at a time.

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{{Churches on Gotland Churches in Gotland County Roman Catholic churches in Sweden Visby