Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands

, there were 5,123 Catholics (8.7% of the population) on 181 km2 of islands in a marine area nearly the size of the United States, served by 6 priests, 3 deacons and 6 nuns across 5 parishes. == History ==

Missionaries from the Order of Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (M.S.C.) arrived in 1898. In 1905, a pre-diocesan jurisdiction was established as Mission sui juris of Marshall Islands, on territory split off from the then Apostolic Vicariate of New Pomerania (mainly New Britain, in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea). On April 5, 1923, the independent mission was suppressed, its territory being merged into the then Apostolic Vicariate of Mariana, Caroline and Marshall Islands. On April 23, 1993, Pope John Paul II split the former Diocese of Carolines-Marshalls into the Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands and the Diocese of Caroline Islands. In 2007, Father James Gould, apostolic prefect, resigned. Father Raymundo Sabio, a Filipino missionary, was chosen to succeed him. == Ordinaries ==

; Ecclesiastical Superior of the mission sui iuris Marshall Islands • Father Bruno Schinxe, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (M.S.C.), (1905 - death 1915) ; Apostolic Prefects of Marshall Islands • James Charles Gould, Jesuits (S.J.) (born USA) (23 April 1993 – resigned 21 December 2007), no previous prelature == See also ==

• GCatholic, with Google map and - satellite photo - data for all sections • Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Apostolic Prefecture of the Marshall Islands