St. Gerard Church is a religious building located in the town of The Valley, capital of the

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, in the

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. The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and depends on the

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(''Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis Imatellurana'') which was created in 1971 by

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by the Bull ''"Cum nobis"'' and is headquartered in the city of St.John's in

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. The Catholic community organised in this place dates back to 1948 when a small chapel was built; the structure was destroyed by a hurricane in 1961. Catholics gathered at the site known as

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until 1966 when the present church was completed.

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*https://diocesesjb.org/st-gerards/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Gerard Church, The Valley Roman Catholic churches in Anguilla Buildings and structures in The Valley, Anguilla Roman Catholic churches completed in 1966 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United Kingdom

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