Christ Church Cathedral on Ross Road, in Stanley, Falkland Islands, is the southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world, consecrated in 1892. This is the parish church of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the British Antarctic Territories. The Parish of the Falkland Islands is part of the Anglican Communion. The Rector of the Cathedral reports directly to the Archbishop of Canterbury through the Bishop of the Falkland Islands.
The church was designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield and built in 1890 - 1892 from the local stone and brick.[1]
The Cathedral is built on the site of Holy Trinity Church, which was destroyed by a peat slip in 1886[2].
In the front of this church stands a monument - whalebone arch, made from the jaws of two blue whales. Monument was raised in 1933 to commemorate the centennary of the British rule in Falkland Islands.
An image of the church is featured on the reverse side of all Falkland Islands pound banknotes.