Diocese of Yei
Yeien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Yei, South Sudan
The Diocese of Yei is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in South Sudan, erected on 21 March 1986 from the Diocese of Rumbek as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Juba. Its bishop is Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo, appointed in 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 March 1986
- Latin
- Yeien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000199
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 238,500
- Population
- 487,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 49.0%
- Priests
- 6
- Catholics per priest
- 39,750
- Extent
- 46,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.2
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
- Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo
- Born
- 26 January 1971
- Birthplace
- Wudu
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
Christ the King Cathedral stands in Yei, 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 ToritTorit
- Diocese of WauWau
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In South Sudan, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yei (Latin: Yeien(sis)) is seated in the city of Yei, within the ecclesiastical province of Juba.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Diocese of Yei, P.O. Box 32, Juba, Equatoria Province, Sud Sudan
- Telephone
- 924.366.911; 917.608.989
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.