Diocese of Malakal
Malakalen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Malakal, South Sudan
The Diocese of Malakal is a Latin Catholic see in Upper Nile, South Sudan, tracing its origin to a mission sui iuris erected in 1933. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Juba and was rebuilt after extensive war damage under its current bishop.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 12 December 1974
- Latin
- Malakalen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Joseph
- Annuario code
- 001002117
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,503,000
- Priests
- 14
- Catholics per priest
- 107,357
- Extent
- 238,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.3
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
- Bishop
- Stephen Nyodho Ador Majwok
- Born
- 1 January 1973
- Birthplace
- Adong
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
Saint Joseph Cathedral stands in Malakal, 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 Juba
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Juba.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of JubaJuba
- Diocese of BentiuBentiu
- Diocese of RumbekRumbek
- Diocese of Tombura–YambioTombura–Yambio
- Diocese of ToritTorit
- Diocese of WauWau
- Diocese of YeiYei
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Malakal in South Sudan gives its name to a Catholic diocese (Latin: Malakalen(sis)) that forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Juba.
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
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].