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The Bishop of the Falkland Islands is a bishopric in the Church of England; it was originally the ordinary of the Diocese of the Falkland Islands.
[edit] History
Waite Hockin Stirling, a missionary from the Patagonian Missionary Society (renamed the South American Missionary Society in 1868) was ordained in Westminster Abbey on 21 December 1869, as the first Bishop of the Falkland Islands. Stirling had episcopal jurisdiction over "the whole of South America with the exception of British Guiana".[1] Bishop Stirling served the people of the Falkland Islands for 30 years, later becoming Canon of Wells Cathedral.
Until well into the twentieth century, the Bishop of the Falkland Islands had episcopal authority over the whole of South America, until power shifted to the Bishop of Buenos Aires. In 1982, the Argentinian episcopal authority over the Falkland Islands was abolished; today the Rector of the Cathedral reports directly to the Archbishop of Canterbury and receives pastoral guidance from the Archbishop's Commissary, Stephen Venner, Bishop of Dover in Canterbury. The Archbishop retains the title Bishop of the Falkland Islands, while his Commissary takes the title Bishop for the Falkland Islands.
[edit] List of holders
[edit] Bishop of the Falkland Islands
| Dates |
Name |
Other offices |
| 1869 |
Waite Hockin Stirling |
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| 1902 |
Edward Every |
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| 1902 |
Lawrence Frederick Blair |
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| 1919 |
Norman S de Jersey |
|
| 1936 |
John R Weller |
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| 1945 |
Daniel Ifor Evans |
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| 1964 |
Cyril James Tucker |
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| 1977 to date |
The Archbishop of Canterbury |
[edit] Bishop for the Falkland Islands
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Falkland Islands Info Portal - History Articles
[edit] External links
