Recent Events

Msgr. Séamus Patrick Horgan was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Árd Sratha

Diocese of Bentiu was established (from Diocese of Malakal and became suffragan of Juba) (South Sudan)

Bishop Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.J., Bishop of Rumbek (South Sudan), was appointed as Bishop of Bentiu (South Sudan) and Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan)

Msgr. Séamus Patrick Horgan, Priest of Killaloe (Ireland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Árd Sratha and Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan

Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan) and Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan, was appointed as President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan

Bishop Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku, M.C.C.J., Bishop of Wau (South Sudan), was appointed as Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan

Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla took possession as Cardinal-Priest of S. Gemma Galgani

Bishop Paride Taban, Bishop emeritus of Torit (South Sudan), passed away at 86

Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan) and Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Gemma Galgani

Fr. Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta was consecrated as Bishop of Torit (South Sudan)

Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Torit (South Sudan)

Fr. Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta, Priest of Khartoum (Sudan), was elected Bishop of Torit (South Sudan)

Fr. Jean-Marie Chami was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Greek-Melkites and Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria)

Archbishop Georges Michel Bakar, Ist. del Prado, resigned as Protosyncellus of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)

Fr. Jean-Marie Chami, Priest of Beirut–Gibail of the Greek-Melkites (Lebanon), was elected Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Greek-Melkites, Auxiliary Bishop of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (Syria) and Patriarchal Vicar of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan of the Greek-Melkites (Egypt)

Fr. Élie Joseph Warde was consecrated as Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt)

Fr. Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo was consecrated as Bishop of Yei (South Sudan)

Fr. Élie Joseph Warde was elected Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) and Patriarchal Vicar of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)

Bishop Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan resigned as Patriarchal Administrator of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) and Patriarchal Administrator of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)

Fr. Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.J., was consecrated as Bishop of Rumbek (South Sudan)

Bishop Erkolano Lodu Tombe resigned as Bishop of Yei (South Sudan)

Fr. Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo, Priest of Yei (South Sudan), was elected Bishop of Yei (South Sudan)

Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo, Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Australia

Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J., Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Juba (South Sudan), passed away at 80

Fr. Christian Carlassare, M.C.C.J., was elected Bishop of Rumbek (South Sudan)

Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Khartoum (Sudan), reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Sudan)

Fr. Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku, M.C.C.J., was consecrated as Bishop of Wau (South Sudan)

Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Wau (South Sudan)

Fr. Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku, M.C.C.J., was elected Bishop of Wau (South Sudan)

Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan), Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan and Apostolic Administrator of Torit (South Sudan), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Wau (South Sudan)

Fr. Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs

Bishop-elect Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan, Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine), was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) and Patriarchal Administrator of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)

Bishop Clément-Joseph Hannouche, Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) and Protosyncellus of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan), passed away at 70

Fr. Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan, Patriarchal Administrator of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine), was elected Titular Bishop of Hierapolis in Syria of the Syriacs and Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine)

Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan) and Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan, was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Torit (South Sudan)

Archbishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan), was appointed as Vice-President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan

Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala resigned as President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan

Msgr. Séamus Patrick Horgan, Priest of Killaloe (Ireland) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was appointed as Prelate of Honour of His Holiness

Bishop Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, Bishop of Torit (South Sudan), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan)

Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J., resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba (South Sudan)

Fr. Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan was appointed as Patriarchal Administrator of Jerusalem (Palestine and Jordan) of the Syriacs (Palestine)

Fr. Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok was consecrated as Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan)

Bishop François Eid, O.M.M., resigned as Procurator at Rome of the Maronites

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya and Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan, was appointed as Permanent Observer to United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)

Fr. Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok, Priest of Malakal (South Sudan), was elected Bishop of Malakal (South Sudan)

Msgr. Roko Taban Mousa resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Malakal (South Sudan)

Bishop Kricor-Okosdinos Coussa resigned as Patriarchal Exarch of Jerusalem and Amman of the Armenians (Jordan)

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan

Fr. Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla was consecrated as Bishop of Torit (South Sudan)

Archbishop Hubertus Matheus Maria van Megen, Apostolic Nuncio to Sudan and Apostolic Nuncio to Eritrea, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya

Fr. Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla, Priest of Torit (South Sudan), was elected Bishop of Torit (South Sudan)

Msgr. Thomas Oliha Attiyah, A.J., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Torit (South Sudan)

Bishop François Eid, O.M.M., resigned as Apostolic Visitator in Bulgaria and Romania of the Maronites and Apostolic Visitator in Greece of the Maronites

Archbishop Charles Daniel Balvo, Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya, Permanent Observer to United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and Apostolic Nuncio to South Sudan, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Czech Republic

Archbishop Joseph Jules Zerey resigned as Protosyncellus of Jerusalem of the Greek-Melkites (Palestine)

Bishop Vincent Mojwok Nyiker, Bishop emeritus of Malakal (South Sudan), passed away at 84

Bishop Rudolf Deng Majak, Bishop of Wau (South Sudan), passed away at 76

Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan)

Bishop Edward Hiiboro Kussala, Bishop of Tombura–Yambio (South Sudan), was appointed as President of Conference of Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan

Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako resigned as President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference