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According to the World Christian Encyclopedia, the Catholic Church was the largest single Christian body in Sudan since 1995, with 2.7 million Catholics mainly concentrated in South Sudan. [5] Later estimates suggested that 37.2% of the population is Catholic, with about 6.2 million Catholics out of a total population of 16.7 million. [ 6 ]
In 2005, the Catholic Church in Africa, including Eastern Catholic Churches, embraced approximately 135 million of the 809 million people in Africa. In 2009, when Pope Benedict XVI visited Africa, it was estimated at 158 million. [3] Most belong to the Latin Church, but there are also millions of members of the Eastern Catholic Churches.
South Sudan. St Theresa’s Cathedral[ 1 ] is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church and the cathedral of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Juba in South Sudan. The cathedral church is located on Unity Avenue in Bahr al Jabal (Central Equatoria) in the district of Kator in the city of Juba. [ 2 ][ 3 ] Construction of the church began in 1952.
14 July 1927: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Gebel from the Apostolic Prefecture of Nilo Equatoriale in Uganda. 12 April 1951: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Gebel. 26 May 1961: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Juba. 12 December 1974: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Juba.
As of 2014 the Melkite Greek Catholic Church was the largest Christian community in Israel, with roughly 60% of Israeli Christians belonging to the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. [ 52 ] Due to the Christian emigration from the Middle East, São Paulo is now home to the largest Melkite community in the diaspora (estimated around 433,000), [ 53 ...
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 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.
Denomination. Catholic Church. St. Matthew's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic Christian religious building in Khartoum, which is the capital of Khartoum State and Sudan. The cathedral is located on the bank of the Blue Nile, next to the Mac Nimir Bridge. It is the seat of the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Khartoum, under the patronage of Saint ...