Diocese of Rumbek
Rumbeken(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rumbek, South Sudan
The Diocese of Rumbek is a Latin Catholic diocese in South Sudan, erected as an apostolic vicariate in 1955 and raised to a diocese in 1974. The see has been vacant since July 2024, when Bishop Christian Carlassare was transferred to the new Diocese of Bentiu while continuing to serve Rumbek as Apostolic Administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 December 1974
- Latin
- Rumbeken(sis)
- Patron
- Holy Family
- Annuario code
- 001002783
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 212,000
- Population
- 1,158,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 18.3%
- Priests
- 31
- Catholics per priest
- 6,839
- Extent
- 60,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 3.5
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
- Apostolic Administrator
- Christian Carlassare
- Born
- 1 October 1977
- Birthplace
- Schio
- Institute
- MISSIONARI COMBONIANI DEL CUORE DI GESÙ
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
Holy Family Cathedral, Rumbek stands in Rumbek, 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 MalakalMalakal
- 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.
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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.