Diocese of Malakal

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Malakal (Latin: Malakalen(sis)) is a diocese in Malakal in the ecclesiastical province of Juba in South Sudan.

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Diocese of Malakal Dioecesis Malakalensis

Location
Country	South Sudan
Statistics
Area	238,000 km² (92,000 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	4,000,000 1,503,000 (37.6%)
Parishes	16
Information
Denomination	Catholicism
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman
Established	January 10, 1933 (1933-01-10)
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Juba
Cathedral	Saint Joseph, Malakal
Secular priests	14
Current leadership
Bishop	Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok
Map
Location of the Diocese of Malakal within Sudan & South Sudan

Ecclesiastical Superior of Kodok (Roman rite)
- Fr. Matteo Michelon, M.C.C.I. (1933.07.08 – 1935)
Prefects Apostolic of Kodok (Roman rite)
- Fr. John Wall, M.H.M. (1938.08.12 – 1945)
- Fr. John Hart, M.H.M. (1947.06.13 – 1949.07.14 see below)
Prefects Apostolic of Malakal (Roman rite)
- Fr. John Hart, M.H.M. (see above 1949.07.14 – 1962)
- Fr. Herman Gerard Te Riele, M.H.M. (1962.05.29 – 1967)
Prefects Apostolic of Malakal (Roman rite)
- Fr. Pio Yukwan Deng (1967.08.19 – 1974.12.12 see below)
Bishops of Malakal (Roman rite)
- Bishop Pio Yukwan Deng (see above 1974.12.12 – 1976.12.03)
- Bishop Vincent Mojwok Nyiker (1979.03.15 – 2009.05.16)
- Msgr. Roko Taban Mousa (Apostolic Administrator starting 2009)
- Bishop Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok (since 23 May 2019)

Diocese of Malakal

History

Leadership

See also

Sources

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