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Suffragan diocese Torit, South Sudan

Diocese of Torit

Toriten(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
Torit, South Sudan, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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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.

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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.

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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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