Falklands Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/church/falklands/ England and Wales Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:38:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/09/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1-32x32.png Falklands Archives - Catholic Bishops' Conference https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/church/falklands/ 32 32 174395915 Father Tom Thomas IC https://www.cbcew.org.uk/tom-thomas/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:19:31 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=93761 Apostolic Administrator of the Prefecture of the Falkland Islands Father Tom Thomas IC is a priest of the Rosminian order serving as Rector and Parish Priest of St Etheldreda’s in central London. He is the Apostolic Administrator of the Falkland Islands and the Ecclesiastical Superior of the Missions for the South Atlantic islands of Ascension, […]

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]]> 93761 Prefecture of the Falkland Islands https://www.cbcew.org.uk/prefecture-of-the-falkland-islands/ Thu, 18 Jul 2024 14:55:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?page_id=93757 Here you can read a profile of the current Apostolic Administrator Fr Tom Thomas IC and his predecessor Abbot Hugh Allan, O.Praem. Website For more information, please visit the official site for the Prefecture of the Falkland Islands. Image credit: Andrew Shiva on Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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]]> 93757 New Apostolic Administrator appointed for the Falkland Islands Prefecture https://www.cbcew.org.uk/new-apostolic-administrator-appointed-for-the-falkland-islands-prefecture/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/new-apostolic-administrator-appointed-for-the-falkland-islands-prefecture/#respond Thu, 18 Jul 2024 13:49:57 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=93747 The Dicastery for Evangelisation has appointed Father Tom Thomas as Apostolic Administrator of the Prefecture of the Falkland Islands. Father Thomas, a priest of the Rosminian order serving as Rector and Parish Priest of St Etheldreda’s in central London, takes over as Apostolic Administrator of the Prefecture whilst continuing his work in the parish. In […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/new-apostolic-administrator-appointed-for-the-falkland-islands-prefecture/feed/ 0 93747 Falkland Islands (Malvinas): Promoting reconciliation through prayer and faith https://www.cbcew.org.uk/falkland-islands-malvinas-promoting-reconciliation-through-prayer-and-faith/ https://www.cbcew.org.uk/falkland-islands-malvinas-promoting-reconciliation-through-prayer-and-faith/#respond Mon, 04 Apr 2022 08:33:00 +0000 https://www.cbcew.org.uk/?p=63870 2 April marks forty years since the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) ten-week conflict between Argentina and Britain that claimed the lives of three Falkland Islanders, as well as 649 Argentine and 255 British military personnel. The Falkland Islands (Malvinas) has been on the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories since 1946, as a dispute exists between the Governments […]

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]]> https://www.cbcew.org.uk/falkland-islands-malvinas-promoting-reconciliation-through-prayer-and-faith/feed/ 0 63870 Abbot Hugh Allan, O.Praem https://www.cbcew.org.uk/hugh-allan/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 13:01:41 +0000 https://cbcew.org.uk/the-bishops/fr-hugh-allan-opraem/ Former Apostolic Administrator of the Prefecture of the Falkland Islands The Right Reverend Hugh Allan, O.Praem. was born in Hertfordshire, England, to a Scottish family from the town of Auchtermuchty, located close to the village of Falkland. Raised as a Free Presbyterian, he converted to Catholicism at the age of 16 and trained to be […]

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