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The Diocese of Rumbek is located in the heart of the Republic of South Sudan. Today, it covers the whole territory of Lakes State and the southern part of Warrap State – a territory or around 65.000 km2 (larger than Switzerland). Its population can be estimated to 1.5 million people, although reliable statistics are not available.
Rumbek. The Holy Family Cathedral [1] or Cathedral of Rumbek, is a religious building belonging to the Roman Catholic Church is located in the town of Rumbek, [2] capital of Lakes State, in the African country of South Sudan, [3] [4] and that serves as the seat of the bishop of Rumbek. A relatively modest cathedral, it is a small building ...
In January 2018, it was revealed that Elizabeth Awut Ngor had been consecrated on 31 December 2016 by Daniel Deng Bul, to serve as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Rumbek. This made the Episcopal Church of South Sudan the first GAFCON-aligned province of the Anglican Communion to have consecrated a woman as a bishop. [12]
Christian Carlassare, MCCJ (born 1 October 1977) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who became bishop of the Diocese of Rumbek in South Sudan in March 2021. His episcopal consecration and installation were delayed for a year after he was injured in an assault. He is a member of the Comboni Missionaries and has worked in South Sudan ...
and an Apostolic nunciature to South Sudan, but that last office in vested in the nunciature to Kenya (in Nairobi). Map of Latin Catholic Dioceses in Sudan (1-2) and South Sudan (3-9) : Sudan: 1 Diocese of El Obeid 2 Archdiocese of Khartoum South Sudan: 3 Diocese of Wau 4 Diocese of Rumbek 5 Diocese of Malakal 6 Diocese of Tombura-Yambio 7 ...
The Catholic Church in South Sudan is composed of one ecclesiastical province with one archdiocese and six suffragan dioceses. [1] There have been a total of 31 bishops in South Sudan to date. [2] The bishops of South Sudan and Sudan are currently members of one single bishops' conference, designated as Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference.
He rebuilt the Diocese of Rumbek, after the two Southern Sudanese Secession Wars (1955–1973 and 1983–2005) had devastated the country and the Government of Khartoum had expelled all foreign missionaries from the country in the 1960s. [1] [2] [3] He died a week later, on 16 July 2011, at the age of 74, while concelebrating a Mass. [4]
The Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan was created on 11 September 1976; he then became bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Rumbek, the largest in the province, where he would serve until 1988. He became dean of the province in Juba, in 1986, and served as acting archbishop of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, from 1986 to 1988.