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Archdiocese of Khartoum

Archidioecesis Khartumensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria, Archbishop
  • Daniel Marco Kur Adwok, Auxiliary Bishop
  • Gabriel Zubeir Wako, Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 12 December 1974
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Sudan
  • Square Kilometers: 981,000 (378,911 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Catholic Church, P.O. Box 49, Khartoum, Sudan
  • Telephone: 915.716.321

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Vicariate Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale}
3 April 1846ErectedPrefecture Apostolic of Abyssinia Vicariate Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale} (erected)
1880Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale} Vicariate Apostolic of Nyanza (erected)
27 September 1880Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale} Vicariate Apostolic of Tanganyika (erected) (as Pro-Vicariate Apostolic)
30 May 1913Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale} Prefecture Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum
30 May 1913Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale} Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum
28 April 1914Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Khartoum Prefecture Apostolic of Adamaua (erected)
3 February 1932Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Khartoum (Area North of Foumban) Vicariate Apostolic of Foumban
10 January 1933Territory LostPrefecture 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)
28 April 1942Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Dahomey
Vicariate Apostolic of Foumban
Prefecture Apostolic of Ghardaïa nel Sahara
Prefecture Apostolic of Jos
Prefecture Apostolic of Kaduna
Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum
Vicariate Apostolic of Ouagadougou
Prefecture Apostolic of Niamey (erected)
9 January 1947Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Berbérati
Vicariate Apostolic of Foumban
Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum
Prefecture Apostolic of Fort-Lamy (erected) (Chad)
9 January 1947Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Khartoum (Region between Chad, 10th latitude, and Sudan) Vicariate Apostolic of Bangui
21 February 1952Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Khartoum (Abyei)
Prefecture Apostolic of Malakal (Yrol)
Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal
10 May 1960Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Khartoum Vicariate Apostolic of El Obeid (erected)
Archdiocese of Khartoum
12 December 1974ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Khartoum Archdiocese of Khartoum

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum
19503,3005,900,000.1%404082571096ap1951
196915,4465,007,616.3%45453435712111ap1971
Archdiocese of Khartoum
198073,4008,030,000.9%251531,38416213115ap1981
1990390,00014,000,0002.8%861695,65217915522ap1991
1999907,42019,696,4044.6%53701237,377410715229ap2000
2000915,46919,895,2794.6%57591167,89148613629ap2001
2001923,51820,293,1844.6%60541148,10148315329ap2002
2002932,78420,299,1844.6%71481197,83848115028ap2003
2003939,46621,113,0294.4%67501178,02947914228ap2004
2004944,37621,205,5004.5%77421197,93546414428ap2005
2006954,66022,062,2014.3%68461148,37447615228ap2007
2012983,09825,946,2203.8%47378411,70325413727ap2013
2013983,09825,946,2203.8%42377912,44445211327ap2014
20161,037,00027,297,0003.8%43347713,46734510127ap2017
20191,136,20029,921,0003.8%47317814,5664388527ap2020
20211,198,40031,568,4503.8%47317815,3644388527ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Archdiocese of Khartoum
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 67, Page 164, and Page 165

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