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St. Mary's Church, Tórshavn

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173:, the last Catholic bishop in the islands was executed in 1538. In 1931 two young priests, E. G. Boekenoogen and Thomas King, undertook the task of restoring the Catholic presence in the Faroe Islands. In a rented house to the Franciscan sisters who came to the Faroes in 1931, a small church was consecrated on May 23 the same year. Along with the new school of St. Francis, the sisters had built the new St. Mary's Church was consecrated on June 1, 1933. 34: 282: 307: 302: 292: 47: 287: 170: 262: 182: 163: 297: 144: 103: 136: 201: 151: 108: 276: 159: 96: 86: 155: 82: 238: 148: 62: 49: 33: 213: 120: 169:
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62°0′52.1″N 6°46′47.2″W / 62.014472°N 6.779778°W / 62.014472; -6.779778
Tórshavn
Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
Denomination
Catholic Church
Diocese
Faroese
parish
Roman
Catholic Church
Tórshavn
Faroe Islands
Diocese of Copenhagen
Danish Reformation
Catholic Church in the Faroe Islands
Church of St. Mary, Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
"Main Page - ENGLISH - Visit the church"
"Ole Jakob Nielsen - Exhibitions"
""sisterbriege.com""
Categories
Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Copenhagen
Buildings and structures in Tórshavn
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1933
Churches in Tórshavn
Christian organizations established in 1933
20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings

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