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Diocese of

Malakal

South Sudan South Sudan

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Malakal / Malakalen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Juba

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.05.23 – ...):Bishop Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok (49)Bishop Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok (49)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Malakal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok (49)Bishop Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok (49)Permalink
(2019.05.23 – ...)

Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan)

Born:1973.01.01 (Andong, South Sudan)
Ordained Priest:2005.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:2019.07.28

Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan) (2019.05.23 – ...)

Msgr. Roko Taban MousaPermalink
(Apostolic Administrator 2009 – 2019.05.23)

Bishop Vincent Mojwok NyikerPermalink
(1979.03.15 – 2009.05.16)

Born:1933.01.25 (Sudan)
Ordained Priest:1963.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:1979.05.27
Died:2018.01.05 († 84)

Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan) (1979.03.15 – 2009.05.16)

Bishop Pio Yukwan DengPermalink
(1974.12.12 – 1976.12.03)

Born:1921.01.01 (Sudan)
Ordained Priest:1956.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:1975.04.06
Died:1976.12.03 († 55)

Prefect Apostolic of Malakal (South Sudan) (1967.08.19 – 1974.12.12)

President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (1973 – 1974)

Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan) (1974.12.12 – 1976.12.03)

Prefects Apostolic of Malakal (Roman Rite)

Fr. Pio Yukwan Deng (later Bishop)Permalink
(1967.08.19 – 1974.12.12)

(see above)

Fr. Herman Gerard Te Riele, M.H.M.Permalink
(1962.05.29 – 1967)

Died:1967

Prefect Apostolic of Malakal (South Sudan) (1962.05.29 – 1967)

Fr. John Hart, M.H.M.Permalink
(1949.07.14 – 1962)

Died:1962

Prefect Apostolic of Kodok (South Sudan) (1947.06.13 – 1949.07.14)

Prefect Apostolic of Malakal (South Sudan) (1949.07.14 – 1962)

Prefects Apostolic of Kodok (Roman Rite)

Fr. John Hart, M.H.M.Permalink
(1947.06.13 – 1949.07.14)

(see above)

Fr. John A. Wall, M.H.M.Permalink
(1938.08.12 – 1945)

Died:1945

Prefect Apostolic of Kodok (South Sudan) (1938.08.12 – 1945)

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Kodok (Roman Rite)

Fr. Matteo Michelon, F.S.C.I.Permalink
(1933.07.08 – 1935)

Died:1935

Ecclesiastical Superior of Kodok (South Sudan) (1933.07.08 – 1935)

Statistics

Area: 238,000 km²

Population: 1,503,000 Catholics (37.6% of 4,000,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 16 parishes, 7 missions, 14 priests (diocesan), 7 lay religious (2 brothers, 5 sisters), 9 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2022.12.04

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