Changes in Ecclesiastical Jurisdictionsin South Sudan |
Date | Change |
1835 | Patriarchal Vicariate of Egypt and Sudan (Greek-Melkite Rite) was established |
1885 | Diocese of Iskanderiya (Armenian Rite) was established (became suffragan of Cilicia) |
1913.05.30 | Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Ghazal was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa) |
1917.06.13 | Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Ghazal was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Ghazal |
1927.07.14 | Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Gebel was established (from Apostolic Prefecture of Equatorial Nile) |
1933.01.10 | Mission sui juris of Kodok was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum) |
1938.08.04 | Mission sui juris of Kodok was promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Kodok |
1946.06.22 | Diocese of Cairo (Maronite Rite) was established (without ecclesiastical province) |
1949.03.03 | Apostolic Prefecture of Mupoi was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Ghazal and Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Gebel) |
1949.07.14 | Apostolic Prefecture of Kodok was renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Malakal |
1951.04.12 | Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Gebel was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Gebel |
1955.07.03 | Apostolic Vicariate of Rumbek was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Gebel, Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Ghazal and Apostolic Prefecture of Mupoi) |
1961.05.26 | Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Gebel was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Juba |
1961.05.26 | Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Ghazal was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Wau |
1974.12.12 | Apostolic Vicariate of Juba was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Juba (with suffragan sees Malakal, Rumbek, Tombura and Wau) |
1974.12.12 | Apostolic Prefecture of Malakal was promoted as Diocese of Malakal (became suffragan of Juba) |
1974.12.12 | Apostolic Vicariate of Rumbek was promoted as Diocese of Rumbek (became suffragan of Juba) |
1974.12.12 | Apostolic Prefecture of Mupoi was promoted as Diocese of Tombura (became suffragan of Juba) |
1974.12.12 | Apostolic Vicariate of Wau was promoted as Diocese of Wau (became suffragan of Juba) |
1983.05.02 | Diocese of Torit was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Juba and became suffragan of Juba) |
1986.02.21 | Diocese of Tombura was renamed as Diocese of Tombura–Yambio |
1986.03.21 | Diocese of Yei was established (from Diocese of Rumbek and became suffragan of Juba) |
1991 | Patriarchal Vicariate of Egypt and Sudan (Greek-Melkite Rite) was promoted as Patriarchal Exarchate of Egypt and Sudan |
1997 | Patriarchal Exarchate of Egypt and Sudan (Greek-Melkite Rite) was demoted as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt and Sudan |
1997 | Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Sudan (Syriac Rite) was established |
2013 | Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt and Sudan (Greek-Melkite Rite) was renamed as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan |
2013 | Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Sudan (Syriac Rite) was renamed as Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Sudan and South Sudan |
2024.07.03 | Diocese of Bentiu was established (from Diocese of Malakal and became suffragan of Juba) |
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