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Metropolitan see Khartoum, Sudan

Archdiocese of Khartoum

Khartumen(sis)

The Archdiocese of Khartoum is the Latin Metropolitan see covering Sudan, with origins in the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa established in 1846 and promoted to metropolitan archdiocese in 1974. Its seat is St. Matthew's Cathedral in Khartoum, and its lone suffragan is the Diocese of El Obeid.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Matthew's Cathedral, in Khartoum, Sudan.

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Established
1846
Catholics
1,102,000
Priests
78
Territory
981,000 km²

Parishes and churches

27 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Archbishop
Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria
Born
1 January 1959
Birthplace
Engoth

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The cathedral

St. Matthew's Cathedral stands in Khartoum, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Sudan's national capital, Khartoum, holds the episcopal seat of the Archdiocese of Khartoum (Latin: Khartumen(sis)), a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church. As head of an ecclesiastical province that includes the suffragan Diocese of El Obeid, its reach extends over the whole of Sudan.