Diocese of

Malakal

South Sudan

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Malakal / Malakalen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Juba

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1933.01.10: Established as Mission sui juris of Kodok (from Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum)
1938.08.04: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Kodok
1949.07.14: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Malakal / Malakalen(sis) (Latin)
1974.12.12: Promoted as Diocese of Malakal / Malakalen(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Juba)
2024.07.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Bentiu

Present Prelates

Bishop (2019.05.23 – ...):

Bishop Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok (52)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Malakal (Roman Rite)

Bishop Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok (52)
(2019.05.23 – ...)

Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan)

Born:	1973.01.01 (Andong, South Sudan)
Ordained Priest:	2005.05.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.07.28

Priest of Malakal (South Sudan) (2005.05.15 – 2019.05.23)

Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan) (2019.05.23 – ...)

Msgr. Roko Taban Mousa
(Apostolic Administrator 2009 – 2019.05.23)

Bishop Vincent Mojwok Nyiker
(1979.03.15 – 2009.05.16)

Born:	1933.01.25 (Sudan)
Ordained Priest:	1963.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1979.05.27
Died:	2018.01.05 († 84)

Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan) (1979.03.15 – 2009.05.16)

Bishop Pio Yukwan Deng
(1974.12.12 – 1976.12.03)

Born:	1921.01.01 (Sudan)
Ordained Priest:	1956.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.04.06
Died:	1976.12.03 († 55)

Prefect Apostolic of Malakal (South Sudan) (1967.08.19 – 1974.12.12)

President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (1973 – 1974)

Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan) (1974.12.12 – 1976.12.03)

Prefects Apostolic of Malakal (Roman Rite)

Fr. Pio Yukwan Deng (later Bishop)
(1967.08.19 – 1974.12.12)

(see above)

Fr. Herman Gerard Te Riele, M.H.M.
(1962.05.29 – 1967)

Died:

1967

Prefect Apostolic of Malakal (South Sudan) (1962.05.29 – 1967)

Fr. John Hart, M.H.M.
(1949.07.14 – 1962)

Died:

1962

Prefect Apostolic of Kodok (South Sudan) (1947.06.13 – 1949.07.14)

Prefect Apostolic of Malakal (South Sudan) (1949.07.14 – 1962)

Prefects Apostolic of Kodok (Roman Rite)

Fr. John Hart, M.H.M.
(1947.06.13 – 1949.07.14)

(see above)

Fr. John A. Wall, M.H.M.
(1938.08.12 – 1945)

Died:

1945

Prefect Apostolic of Kodok (South Sudan) (1938.08.12 – 1945)

Ecclesiastical Superiors of Kodok (Roman Rite)

Fr. Matteo Michelon, F.S.C.I.
(1933.07.08 – 1935)

Died:

1935

Ecclesiastical Superior of Kodok (South Sudan) (1933.07.08 – 1935)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Joseph, Malakal, Upper Nile

Rumbek (↙), Bentiu (←), El Obeid (↑), Khartoum (↗), Nekemte (→), Torit (↘), Gambella (↘), Juba (↓)

Statistics (2024)

Area: 200,164 km²

Population: 920,537 Catholics (31.0% of 2,972,114 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes

Personnel: 23 priests (14 diocesan, 9 religious), 4 religious (1 brother, 3 sisters), 7 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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