St. Mary's Church is located at 12 Ross Rd,

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, Falkland Islands. It is the only pro-cathedral and parish of the

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, an isolated territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church directly dependent on the

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. It is the only Catholic church in the islands. It is made of wood and was consecrated in 1899. On the West wall it has oil murals, illustrated by British/Argentine artist James Peck, born in the islands. In September 1966, the hijackers of

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were granted sanctuary in the church by Father Rodolfo Roel (of

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origin) whilst they awaited deportation back to

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for trial. The day that Argentine President

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died on 1 July 1974, a mass was said in this church, attended by the British authorities of the islands and the Argentine state employees who worked at

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and ''

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'' was conducted including two Argentine teachers who taught Spanish language. During the

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in 1982, there was a significant increase in the number of liturgies, with mass being celebrated in English and Spanish.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanley, Saint Mary Roman Catholic churches in the Falkland Islands

Saint Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...

Saint Mary's Church, Falkland Islands 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United Kingdom

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