Diocese of Bentiu
Bentien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Bentiu, South Sudan
The Diocese of Bentiu is a Latin Catholic diocese in South Sudan, erected by Pope Francis on 3 July 2024 from territory of the Diocese of Malakal. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Juba, with Christian Carlassare as its first bishop.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 July 2024
- Latin
- Bentien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005125
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 621,643
- Population
- 1,131,886
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 54.9%
- Priests
- 11
- Catholics per priest
- 56,513
- Extent
- 37,836 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 16
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.J.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Martin de Porres, Bentiu stands in Bentiu, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Juba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Juba.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of JubaJuba
- Diocese of MalakalMalakal
- Diocese of RumbekRumbek
- Diocese of Tombura–YambioTombura–Yambio
- Diocese of ToritTorit
- Diocese of WauWau
- Diocese of YeiYei
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- San Martin de Porres Cathedral, Bentiu, Sud Sudan
- Telephone
- 925.655.611
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.