Diocese of

Rumbek

South Sudan South Sudan

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Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Rumbek / Rumbeken(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Juba

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2024.07.03 – ...):Bishop Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.J. (46)Bishop Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.J. (46)

Bishop of Bentiu (South Sudan)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Rumbek (Roman Rite)

Bishop Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.J. (46)Bishop Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.J. (46)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.07.03 – ...)

Bishop Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.J. (46)Bishop Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.J. (46)
(2021.03.08 – 2024.07.03)

Bishop of Bentiu (South Sudan)
Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan)

Born:1977.10.01 (Schio, Italy)
Ordained Priest:2004.09.04
Consecrated Bishop:2022.03.25

Bishop of Rumbek (South Sudan) (2021.03.08 – 2024.07.03)

Bishop of Bentiu (South Sudan) (2024.07.03 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan) (2024.07.03 – ...)

Bishop Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.J.
(1998.11.05 – 2011.07.16)

Born:1937.02.09 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:1962.03.17
Consecrated Bishop:1999.01.06
Died:2011.07.16 († 74)

Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan) (1989 – 1998.11.05)

Bishop of Rumbek (South Sudan) (1998.11.05 – 2011.07.16)

Fr. Cesare Mazzolari, M.C.C.J. (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1989 – 1998.11.05)

Archbishop Agostino Baroni, M.C.C.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 1982 – 1983)

Bishop Gabriel Dwatuka Wagi
(1976.01.24 – 1982.07.17)

Born:1925 (Sudan)
Ordained Priest:1953.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:1976.06.13
Died:1990.02.18 († 64)

Bishop of Rumbek (South Sudan) (1976.01.24 – 1982.07.17)

Vicars Apostolic of Rumbek (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako (83)Bishop Gabriel Zubeir Wako (83) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1974 – 1976)

Bishop Ireneus Wien Dud (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1972 – 1974)

Bishop Ireneus Wien Dud (later Archbishop)
(1955.07.03 – 1960.05.10)

Born:1912.08.21 (Sudan)
Ordained Priest:1944.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1955.11.20
Died:1988.04.24 († 75)

Vicar Apostolic of Rumbek (South Sudan) (1955.07.03 – 1960.05.10)

Titular Bishop of Barcusus (1955.07.03 – 1974.12.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (South Sudan) (1960.05.10 – 1961.05.26)

Vicar Apostolic of Wau (South Sudan) (1961.05.26 – 1974.12.12)

President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (1970 – 1973)

Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan) (1972 – 1974)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan) (1974.12.12 – 1982)

Special Churches

Tombura–Yambio (↙), Wau (←), Bentiu (↑), Malakal (β†—), Juba (β†˜), Yei (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 60,000 kmΒ²

Population: 238,103 Catholics (20.6% of 1,158,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes, 194 missions

Personnel: 33 priests (11 diocesan, 22 religious), 63 religious (27 brothers, 36 sisters), 25 seminarians

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Last updated on 2024.08.13

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