Diocese of Torit
Toriten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Torit, South Sudan
The Diocese of Torit is a Latin diocese in South Sudan, detached from Juba in 1983 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Juba. Its current bishop is Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta, appointed in 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 May 1983
- Latin
- Toriten(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003253
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,139,835
- Population
- 1,817,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 62.7%
- Priests
- 36
- Catholics per priest
- 31,662
- Extent
- 82,542 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta
- Born
- 19 December 1973
- Birthplace
- Kapoeta
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 Saints Peter and Paul stands in Torit, 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 RumbekRumbek
- Diocese of Tombura–YambioTombura–Yambio
- Diocese of WauWau
- Diocese of YeiYei
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Torit, in the ecclesiastical province of Juba in South Sudan, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Torit (Latin: Toriten(sis)).
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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.