Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla

Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla (born January 10, 1964 in Ido , Eastern Equatoria Region , Sudan ) is a South Sudanese clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Juba .

Life

Stephen Ameyu received the sacrament of ordination for the diocese of Torit on April 21, 1991 . After pastoral work in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum , he was studying for a doctorate at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome from 1993 to 1997 . His dissertation is entitled Towards Religious Dialogue and Reconciliation in Sudan . Ameyu then taught at the seminary of Juba, the capital of South Sudan, and was ultimately also its dean. Since 2013 he has also worked in the administration of the Catholic University of South Sudan .

On January 3, 2019, Pope Francis appointed him Bishop of Torit after this diocese had remained vacant for more than five years since the death of Bishop Akio Johnson Mutek in 2013. The Archbishop of Juba , Paulino Lukudu Loro MCCI , donated him episcopal ordination on March 3rd of the same year. Co- consecrators were the Archbishop of Khartoum , Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria , and the Bishop of Yei , Erkolano Lodu Tombe . That same year, on December 12, 2019, Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Juba. The inauguration took place on March 22 of the following year.

Web links

Entry to Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Nomina del Vescovo di Torit (Sud Sudan). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 3, 2019, accessed January 6, 2019 (Italian).
↑ Stephen Ameyu: Towards Religious Dialogue and Reconciliation in Sudan . Pontificia Universitas Urbaniana, Rome 1997, OCLC 52961305 (English, IX, 79 p., Excerpt).
^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Juba (Sud Sudan) e nomina del nuovo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 12, 2019, accessed December 12, 2019 (Italian).

predecessor	Office	successor
Akio Johnson Mutek	Bishop of Torit 2019	vacant
Paulino Lukudu Loro MCCI	Archbishop of Juba since 2019	---

personal data
SURNAME	Ameyu Martin Mulla, Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ameyu, Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	South Sudanese clergyman, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Juba
DATE OF BIRTH	January 10, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ido , Eastern Equatoria Region , Sudan

[Bulletin-1] Nomina del Vescovo di Torit (Sud Sudan). In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , January 3, 2019, accessed January 6, 2019 (Italian).

[2] Stephen Ameyu: Towards Religious Dialogue and Reconciliation in Sudan . Pontificia Universitas Urbaniana, Rome 1997, OCLC 52961305 (English, IX, 79 p., Excerpt).

[3] Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo Metropolita di Juba (Sud Sudan) e nomina del nuovo Arcivescovo Metropolita. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office, December 12, 2019, accessed December 12, 2019 (Italian).