Diocese of El Obeid, Sudan

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: El Obeid / Elobeiden(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Khartoum

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1960.05.10: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of El Obeid / Elobeiden(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum)
1974.12.12: Promoted as Diocese of El Obeid / Elobeiden(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Khartoum)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.02.13 – ...):

Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of El Obeid (Roman Rite)

Bishop Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali (60)
(2017.02.13 – ...)

Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan)

Born:	1964.01.01 (Tojoro, Sudan)
Ordained Priest:	1991.04.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.04.23

Priest of El Obeid (Sudan) (1991.04.07 – 2017.02.13)

Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan) (2017.02.13 – ...)

President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan (2020.01 – 2024.01)

Archbishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (65)
(Apostolic Administrator 2015.08.15 – 2017.02.13)

Bishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (65) (later Archbishop)
(2013.10.28 – 2015.08.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan)

Born:	1959.01.01 (Engoth, Sudan)
Ordained Priest:	1992.05.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.08.15

Priest of Khartoum (Sudan) (1992.05.10 – 2010.05.29)

Coadjutor Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan) (2010.05.29 – 2013.10.28)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of El Obeid (Sudan) (2010.08.15 – 2013.10.28)

Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan) (2013.10.28 – 2015.08.15)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan) (2015.08.15 – 2016.12.10)

Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid (Sudan) (2015.08.15 – 2017.02.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan) (2016.12.10 – ...)

Bishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (65) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2010.08.15 – 2013.10.28)

Bishop Antonio Menegazzo, M.C.C.J.
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1995.12.15 – 2010.08.15)

Bishop Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.J.
(1988.03.12 – 2013.10.28)

Born:	1938.09.21 (Khartoum, Sudan)
Ordained Priest:	1964.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.05.15
Died:	2023.06.04 (Mechanicsburg, PA, USA † 84)

Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid (Sudan) (1983.10.04 – 1988.03.12)

Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan) (1988.03.12 – 2013.10.28)

Fr. Macram Max Gassis, M.C.C.J. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1983.10.04 – 1988.03.12)

Bishop Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J. (later Archbishop)
(1979.03.05 – 1983.02.19)

Born:	1940.08.23 (Kwerijik, Sudan)
Ordained Priest:	1970.04.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.27
Died:	2021.04.05 (Nairobi, Kenya † 80)

Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid (Sudan) (1974.12.12 – 1979.03.05)

Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan) (1979.03.05 – 1983.02.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan) (1983.02.19 – 2019.12.12)

President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (1989 – 1993)

President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (1999 – 2006?)

Vicars Apostolic of El Obeid (Roman Rite)

Fr. Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J. (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1974.12.12 – 1979.03.05)

Bishop Edoardo Mason, M.C.C.J.
(1960.05.10 – 1969)

Born:	1903.11.08 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1926.07.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.06.29
Died:	1989.03.15 († 85)

Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan) (1947.05.08 – 1960.05.10)

Titular Bishop of Rusicade (1947.05.08 – 1989.03.15)

Vicar Apostolic of El Obeid (Sudan) (1960.05.10 – 1969)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (65) (later Archbishop) (2010.05.29 – 2013.10.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of Our Lady Queen of Africa, El Obeid, Shamāl Kurdufān

Bambari (↙), Mongo (←), Benghazi (←), Khartoum (↗), Malakal (↘), Bentiu (↓), Wau (↓)

Statistics (2020.12.31)

Area: 888,939 km²

Population: 103,000 Catholics (0.8% of 13,511,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 17 parishes, 273 missions

Personnel: 39 priests (32 diocesan, 7 religious), 2 deacons, 39 religious (15 brothers, 24 sisters), 22 seminarians