Diocese of El Obeid, Sudan

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: El Obeid / Elobeiden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Khartoum

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1960.05.10: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of El Obeid / Elobeiden(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum)
1974.12.12: Promoted as Diocese of El Obeid / Elobeiden(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Khartoum)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.02.13 – ...):

Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali (60)

President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan

Ordinaries

Bishops of El Obeid (Roman Rite)

Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali (60)
(2017.02.13 – ...)

Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan)
President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan

Born:	1964.01.01 (Tojoro, Sudan)
Ordained Priest:	1991.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.04.23

Priest of El Obeid (Sudan) (1991.04.07 – 2017.02.13)

Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan) (2017.02.13 – ...)

President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan (2020.01 – ...)

Archbishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (65)
(Apostolic Administrator 2015.08.15 – 2017.02.13)

Bishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (65) (later Archbishop)
(2013.10.28 – 2015.08.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan)

Born:	1959.01.01 (Engoth, Sudan)
Ordained Priest:	1992.05.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.08.15

Priest of Khartoum (Sudan) (1992.05.10 – 2010.05.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan) (2010.05.29 – 2013.10.28)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of El Obeid (Sudan) (2010.08.15 – 2013.10.28)

Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan) (2013.10.28 – 2015.08.15)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan) (2015.08.15 – 2016.12.10)

Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid (Sudan) (2015.08.15 – 2017.02.13)

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

Bishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (65) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2010.08.15 – 2013.10.28)

Bishop Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.J.
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1995.12.15 – 2010.08.15)

Bishop Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.J.
(1988.03.12 – 2013.10.28)

Born:	1938.09.21 (Khartoum, Sudan)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.05.15
Died:	2023.06.04 (Mechanicsburg, PA, USA † 84)

Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid (Sudan) (1983.10.04 – 1988.03.12)

Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan) (1988.03.12 – 2013.10.28)

Fr. Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.J. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1983.10.04 – 1988.03.12)

Bishop Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J. (later Archbishop)
(1979.03.05 – 1983.02.19)

Born:	1940.08.23 (Kwerijik, Sudan)
Ordained Priest:	1970.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.27
Died:	2021.04.05 (Nairobi, Kenya † 80)

Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid (Sudan) (1974.12.12 – 1979.03.05)

Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan) (1979.03.05 – 1983.02.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan) (1983.02.19 – 2019.12.12)

President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (1989 – 1993)

President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (1999 – 2006?)

Vicars Apostolic of El Obeid (Roman Rite)

Fr. Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J. (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1974.12.12 – 1979.03.05)

Bishop Edoardo Mason, M.C.C.J.
(1960.05.10 – 1969)

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)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (65) (later Archbishop) (2010.05.29 – 2013.10.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady Queen of Africa, El Obeid, Shamāl Kurdufān

Bambari (↙), Mongo (←), Benghazi (←), Khartoum (↗), Malakal (↘), Wau (↓)

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Area: 888,939 km²

Population: 100,300 Catholics (0.8% of 13,156,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 273 missions

Personnel: 39 priests (32 diocesan, 7 religious), 2 deacons, 39 religious (15 brothers, 24 sisters), 22 seminarians