Metropolitan see Khartoum, Sudan
Archdiocese of Khartoum
Khartumen(sis)
Latin Church
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
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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.
- St. Matthew's CathedralKhartoum · CathedralView parish
- AtbaraAtbaraView parish
- BanatOmdurmanView parish
- DamazinDamazinView parish
- Dar es SalamOmdurmanView parish
- DongolaDongolaView parish
- El DoueimEl DoueimView parish
- El Hajj YousifKhartoumView parish
- GedarefGedarefView parish
- Halfa JadidaHalfa JadidaView parish
- Hassa HeissaHassa HeissaView parish
- Hillat MayoKhartoumView parish
- Jabarona - Wad RamlyOmdurmanView parish
- Jebel - AwliaJebel AwliaView parish
- KassalaKassalaView parish
- KenanaKenanaView parish
- Khartoum NorthKhartoum NorthView parish
- KostiKostiView parish
- MasalmaOmdurmanView parish
- Port SudanPort SudanView parish
- SennarSennarView parish
- ShendiShendiView parish
- SingaSingaView parish
- St. JosephKhartoum SouthView parish
- Sts. Peter and PaulKhartoumView parish
- Umbadda Shimal (North)OmdurmanView parish
- Wad MedaniWad MedaniView parish
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.