Suffragan diocese Torit, South Sudan
Diocese of Torit
Toriten(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Torit is a Latin diocese in South Sudan, detached from Juba in 1983 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Juba. Its current bishop is Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta, appointed in 2022.
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- Established
- 1983
- Catholics
- 1,139,835
- Priests
- 36
- Territory
- 82,542 km²
Parishes and churches
8 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- ToritTorit · CathedralView parish
- ChukudumChukudumView parish
- IsokeIsokeView parish
- Lafon - LopitLafonView parish
- LoaLoaView parish
- Naita - LotimotNaitaView parish
- NarusNarusView parish
- PalotakaPalotakaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta
- Born
- 19 December 1973
- Birthplace
- Kapoeta
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul stands in Torit, 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
Torit, in the ecclesiastical province of Juba in South Sudan, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Torit (Latin: Toriten(sis)).
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Stories that name this see
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- Bishop Emmanuel Bernardino Lowi Napeta condemns violence after Sisters attacked
- Bandits ambush 2 Carmelites on Juba-Torit highway
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