Archdiocese of Khartoum
Khartumen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Khartoum, Sudan
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 December 1974
- Latin
- Khartumen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001843
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,102,000
- Population
- 29,020,000
- Catholic share
- 3.8%
- Priests
- 78
- Catholics per priest
- 14,128
- Extent
- 981,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1.1
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria
- Born
- 1 January 1959
- Birthplace
- Engoth
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Khartoum
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of El ObeidEl Obeid
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia · GCatholic
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].