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Diocese of

Wau

South Sudan South Sudan

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Wau / Vaven(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Juba

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.11.18 – ...):Bishop Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku (50)Bishop Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku (50)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Wau (Roman Rite)

Bishop Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku (50)Bishop Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku (50)Permalink
(2020.11.18 – ...)

Bishop of Wau (South Sudan)

Born:1972.05.05 (Mboro, South Sudan)
Ordained Priest:2004.10.03
Consecrated Bishop:2021.01.24

Bishop of Wau (South Sudan) (2020.11.18 – ...)

Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla (58)Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla (58)Permalink
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.09.21 – 2020.11.18)

Bishop Rudolf Deng MajakPermalink
(1995.11.02 – 2017.03.06)

Born:1940.11.01 (Sudan)
Ordained Priest:1970.11.20
Consecrated Bishop:1996.02.11
Died:2017.03.06 († 76)

Apostolic Administrator of Wau (South Sudan) (1992.04.12 – 1995.11.02)

Bishop of Wau (South Sudan) (1995.11.02 – 2017.03.06)

President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (2006? – 2011.12.31)

Fr. Rudolf Deng Majak (later Bishop)Permalink
(Apostolic Administrator 1992.04.12 – 1995.11.02)

Bishop Joseph Bilal NyekindiPermalink
(1980.10.24 – 1995.11.02)

Born:1944 (Sudan)
Ordained Priest:1969.05.04
Consecrated Bishop:1981.02.01
Died:1996.11.23 († 52)

Bishop of Wau (South Sudan) (1980.10.24 – 1995.11.02)

Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako (81)Bishop Gabriel Zubeir Wako (81) (later Cardinal)Permalink
(1974.12.12 – 1979.10.30)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Khartoum (Sudan)

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Born:1941.02.27 (Mboro, Sudan)
Ordained Priest:1963.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:1975.04.06
Created Cardinal:2003.10.21

Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan) (1974 – 1976)

Bishop of Wau (South Sudan) (1974.12.12 – 1979.10.30)

President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (1978 – 1989)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan) (1979.10.30 – 1981.10.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan) (1981.10.10 – 2016.12.10)

President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (1993 – 1999)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina (2003.10.21 [2003.12.14] – ...)

President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (2012.01.01 – 2016.10)

Vicars Apostolic of Wau (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ireneus Wien Dud (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1961.05.26 – 1974.12.12)

Born:1912.08.21 (Sudan)
Ordained Priest:1944.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1955.11.20
Died:1988.04.24 († 75)

Vicar Apostolic of Rumbek (South Sudan) (1955.07.03 – 1960.05.10)

Titular Bishop of Barcusus (1955.07.03 – 1974.12.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan) (1960.05.10 – 1961.05.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Wau (South Sudan) (1961.05.26 – 1974.12.12)

President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (1970 – 1973)

Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan) (1972 – 1974)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan) (1974.12.12 – 1982)

Vicars Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ireneus Wien Dud (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1960.05.10 – 1961.05.26)

(see above)

Bishop Edoardo Mason, M.C.C.J.Permalink
(1947.05.08 – 1960.05.10)

Born:1903.11.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1926.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:1947.06.29
Died:1989.03.15 († 85)

Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan) (1947.05.08 – 1960.05.10)

Titular Bishop of Rusicade (1947.05.08 – 1989.03.15)

Vicar Apostolic of El Obeid (Sudan) (1960.05.10 – 1969)

Bishop Rodolfo Orler, M.C.C.J.Permalink
(1933.12.11 – 1946.07.19)

Born:1892.11.27 (Canada)
Consecrated Bishop:1934.02.07
Died:1946.07.19 († 53)

Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium (1933.12.11 – 1946.07.19)

Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan) (1933.12.11 – 1946.07.19)

Bishop Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.I.Permalink
(1917.06.13 – 1933)

Born:1873.01.06 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1895
Died:1940.08.06 († 67)

Prefect Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan) (1913.05.30 – 1917.06.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan) (1917.06.13 – 1933)

Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria (1917.06.13 – 1940.08.06)

Prefects Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (Roman Rite)

Fr. Antonio Stoppani, F.S.C.I. (later Bishop)Permalink
(1913.05.30 – 1917.06.13)

(see above)

Statistics

Area: 134,572 km²

Population: 3,939,060 Catholics (75.0% of 5,252,085 total) (2020)

Statistics: 25 parishes, 68 priests (30 diocesan, 38 religious), 1 deacon, 92 lay religious (46 brothers, 46 sisters), 59 seminarians (2020)

History

Last updated on 2022.12.04

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