Diocese of Malakal
Malakalen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Malakal, South Sudan
The Diocese of Malakal is a Latin Catholic see in Upper Nile, South Sudan, tracing its origin to a mission sui iuris erected in 1933. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Juba and was rebuilt after extensive war damage under its current bishop.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 December 1974
- Latin
- Malakalen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002117
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,503,000
- Population
- 2,972,114
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 50.6%
- Priests
- 14
- Catholics per priest
- 107,357
- Extent
- 238,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.3
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
- Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok
- Born
- 1 January 1973
- Birthplace
- Adong
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
Saint Joseph Cathedral stands in Malakal, 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 BentiuBentiu
- 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.
History
Malakal in South Sudan gives its name to a Catholic diocese (Latin: Malakalen(sis)) that forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Juba.
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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.