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unusual facts about Mission Province



Nordic Catholic Church

In Sweden it was paralleled by the foundation of the Mission Province of the Church of Sweden.

Walter Obare

On 5 February 2005 he consecrated a Swedish pastor Arne Olsson as bishop for a conservative group called the Mission Province, which opposes the Church of Sweden policy of ordaining women into the ordained ministry based on supposed biblical teachings about gender.


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Missionsprovinsen

The Mission Province was founded on 6 September 2003, following the establishment of the Nordic Catholic Church in Norway.

Santa Catalina de Guale

In 1683 the French pirate Michel de Grammont raided Spanish Florida settlements, including St. Augustine and the Mocama mission province, forcing further southward migrations.