Malakal diocese
| Malakal diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | South Sudan |
| Ecclesiastical province | Juba |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Juba |
| Diocesan bishop | Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok |
| founding | 1933 |
| surface | 238,000 km² |
| Parishes | 16 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 4,919,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 968,000 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 19.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 12 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 44,000 |
| Friars | 15 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 12 (31.12.2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Website | http://www.eglisesoudan.org/english/Malakal.htm |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Malakal ( Latin : Dioecesis Malakalensis ) is located in South Sudan and includes the former South Sudanese states of Jonglei , Unity and Upper Nile .
history
Pope Pius XI founded the Mission sui juris of Kodok , which had its seat not far from the city of Malakal , on January 10, 1933 from cessions of territory of the Apostolic Vicariate Khartoum . The mission was elevated to the status of Apostolic Prefecture on August 8, 1938, which was named Malakal from July 14, 1949 . On December 12, 1974, the Apostolic Prefecture was elevated to a diocese.
Bishops
Superiors of the Mission sui juris Kodok (1933–1938)
- Matteo Michelon MCCI (July 8, 1933-1935)
Apostolic Prefect of Kodok / Malakal (1938–1974)
- John A. Wall MHM (August 12, 1938-1945)
- John Hart MHM (June 13, 1947--1962)
- Herman Gerard Te Riele MHM (May 29, 1962-1967)
- Pio Yukwan Deng (August 19, 1967 - December 3, 1976)
Bishops of Malakal (from 1974)
- Pio Yukwan Deng (August 19, 1967 - December 3, 1976)
- Vincent Mojwok Nyiker (March 15, 1979 - May 16, 2009)
- Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok (since May 23, 2019)
Parishes
There are a total of sixteen parishes in the Diocese of Malakal (as of 2017), including their headquarters in the following locations:
- Mudiria- Malakal (founded around 1939)
- Malakiya-Malakal (founded around 1967)
- Leer (founded around 1995)
- East Nuer (Waat) (founded around 1998)
- Bunj (founded around 1981)
- Renk (founded around 1987)
- Roma (founded around 1997)
