Diocese of Yei
Yeien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Yei, South Sudan
The Diocese of Yei is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in South Sudan, erected on 21 March 1986 from the Diocese of Rumbek as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Juba. Its bishop is Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo, appointed in 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 21 March 1986
- Latin
- Yeien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000199
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 238,500
- Priests
- 6
- Catholics per priest
- 39,750
- Extent
- 46,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.2
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
- Alex Lodiong Sakor Eyobo
- Born
- 26 January 1971
- Birthplace
- Wudu
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
Christ the King Cathedral stands in Yei, 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 MalakalMalakal
- Diocese of RumbekRumbek
- Diocese of Tombura–YambioTombura–Yambio
- Diocese of ToritTorit
- Diocese of WauWau
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In South Sudan, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Yei (Latin: Yeien(sis)) is seated in the city of Yei, within the ecclesiastical province of Juba.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Diocese of Yei, P.O. Box 32, Juba, Equatoria Province, Sud Sudan
- Telephone
- 924.366.911; 917.608.989
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].