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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juba

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Overview over Roman Catholic Dioceses in South Sudan and Sudan. Number 8 is Juba.
Archdiocese of Juba
Archidioecesis Iubaënsis
Location
Country South Sudan
Statistics
Area 25,137 km2 (9,705 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics
(as of 2014)
995,000
725,814 (72.9%%)
Parishes 14
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 1927
Cathedral St. Theresa Cathedral
Secular priests 58
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla
Auxiliary Bishops Santo Loku Pio Doggale

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juba (Latin: Iubaën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Juba in South Sudan.

History

  • 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

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is Saint Teresa’s Cathedral in the Kator district of the city of Juba.

Ordinaries

Prefects Apostolic of Bahr el-Gebel
Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Gebel
  • Sisto Mazzoldi, FSCJ (8 July 1950 – 21 April 1951)
Vicar Apostolic of Juba
  • Sisto Mazzoldi, FSCJ (21 April 1951 – 12 June 1967), appointed Apostolic Administrator of Moroto, Uganda in 1965
Metropolitan Archbishops of Juba

Auxiliary Bishops

Suffragan Dioceses

See also

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juba is a metropolitan archdiocese of the Catholic Church.[1]

References

Bibliography

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