History of the Falkland Islands Union condemned Britain's "act of international piracy" in establishing a colony in the Falkland Islands. Diplomatic relations between Britain and Argentina were broken but resumed in 1976. In October 1975, the British Government tasked Lord Shackleton (son of the Antarctic explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton) with an economic survey of the Falkland Islands. The Argentine Government reacted furiously and refused permission for Lord Shackleton to travel via Argentina. Later the ship transporting Shackleton to the islands, the RRS "Shackleton", was fired upon by the Argentine destroyer ARA "Almirante Storni". In 1976, after a military "junta" took control of the country, Argentina
Bishop of the Falkland Islands authority over the Falkland Islands was abolished; today the Rector of the Cathedral reports directly to the Archbishop of Canterbury and receives pastoral guidance from the Archbishop's Commissary, who since July 2014 has been Nigel Stock, Bishop to the Forces. The Archbishop retains the title Bishop of the Falkland Islands, while his Commissary takes the title Bishop "for" the Falkland Islands. Stock retired in August 2017; and Tim Thornton, his replacement as Bishop of Lambeth, also became Bishop to the Forces and Bishop for the Falkland Islands upon his commissioning on 6 September 2017. Bishop of the Falkland Islands The