Archdiocese of Juba

Iubaën(sis)

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Juba, South Sudan

The Archdiocese of Juba is the metropolitan Latin Catholic see of South Sudan, originating as the Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Gebel in 1927 and promoted to an archdiocese in 1974. Its archbishop is Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla.

The see

Rank: Metropolitan see
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 12 December 1974
Latin: Iubaën(sis)
Annuario code: 001001759

The see in figures

Catholics: 725,814
Population: 995,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 72.9%
Priests: 58
Catholics per priest: 12,514
Extent: 25,137 km²
Catholics per km²: 29

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

Archbishop: Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla
Born: 10 January 1964
Birthplace: Ido

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

St. Teresa's Cathedral, Kator stands in Juba, 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

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.