Diocese of Rumbek, South Sudan

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

1955.07.03: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Rumbek / Rumbeken(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Gebel, Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Ghazal and Apostolic Prefecture of Mupoi)
1974.12.12: Promoted as Diocese of Rumbek / Rumbeken(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Juba)
1986.03.21: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Yei

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2024.07.03 – ...):	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)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.07.03 – ...)

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)

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

Cathedral: Cathedral of the Holy Family, Rumbek, Lakes

Tombura–Yambio (↙), Wau (←), Bentiu (↑), Malakal (↗), Juba (↘), Yei (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 60,000 km²

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