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Diocese of Malakal

Dioecesis Malakalensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 12 December 1974
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Juba
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: South Sudan
  • Square Kilometers: 200,164 (77,313 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Catholic Church, P.O. Box 27, Malakal, U.N.S., Sud Sudan
  • Telephone: (914)590.711

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kodok
10 January 1933ErectedPrefecture Apostolic of Bahr el-Gebel
Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal
Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kodok (erected) (Province of Upper Nile)
Prefecture Apostolic of Kodok
4 August 1938ElevatedMission "Sui Iuris" of Kodok Prefecture Apostolic of Kodok
Prefecture Apostolic of Malakal
14 July 1949Name ChangedPrefecture Apostolic of Kodok Prefecture Apostolic of Malakal
21 February 1952Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Khartoum (Abyei)
Prefecture Apostolic of Malakal (Yrol)
Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal
Diocese of Malakal
12 December 1974ElevatedPrefecture Apostolic of Malakal Diocese of Malakal
3 July 2024Territory LostDiocese of Malakal Diocese of Bentiu (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Prefecture Apostolic of Malakal
19502,388712,000.3%2121113174ap1951
196913,8261,252,6001.1%662,3042ap1971
Diocese of Malakal
198031,3902,153,0001.5%37103,139849ap1981
199031,0002,000,0001.6%4483,875482ap1991
199953,0002,765,0001.9%6286,625479ap2000
200060,0002,770,0002.2%92115,454489ap2001
200165,0002,775,0002.3%91106,500289ap2002
200268,0002,780,0002.4%93125,666489ap2003
200373,0003,520,0002.1%113145,214489ap2004
200477,8243,932,0002.0%16164,864189ap2005
2010876,0004,450,00019.7%12102239,818151216ap2013
2013898,0004,562,00019.7%12102240,818151216ap2014
2016968,0004,919,00019.7%12102244,000151216ap2017
20191,042,4005,343,00019.5%12102247,381151216ap2020
20211,503,0004,000,00037.6%1414107,3572516ap2022
2024920,5372,972,11431.0%1492340,0231314bul:3Jul2024

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kodok
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 25, Page 235, and Page 236
  • Prefecture Apostolic of Malakal
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 42, Page 310
  • Diocese of Malakal
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 67, Page 164, and Page 165
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