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- ↑ "Welcome to Saint Ignatius Parish in the Cayman Islands". www.saint-ignatius-cayman.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
- ↑ "St. Ignatius Parish, Grand Cayman". The Official Web Site for the Archdiocese of Detroit. Archdiocese of Detroit. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
- ↑ "Cayman Islands (Mission "Sui Iuris")". Catholic-Hierarchy. www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2011-03-16.
