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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juba

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Parishes
  
14

Pope
  
Francis

Area
  
25,137 km²

Auxiliary bishop
  
Santo Loku Pio Doggale

Established
  
1927

Auxiliary Bishops
  
Santo Loku Pio Doggale

Country
  
South Sudan

Secular priests
  
58

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juba

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2014)995,000725,814 (72.9%%)

Metropolitan Archbishop
  
Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juba (Latin: Iubaën(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Juba in South Sudan.

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History

  • 14 July 1927: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Gebel from the Apostolic Prefecture of Nilo Equatoriale in Uganda
  • 12 April 1951: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Gebel
  • 26 May 1961: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Juba
  • 12 December 1974: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Juba

    • Special churches

    The seat of the archbishop is Saint Teresa’s Cathedral in Kator.

    Leadership

  • Prefects Apostolic of Bahr el-Gebel (Latin Rite)
  • Fr. Giuseppe Zambonardi, M.C.C.I. (1 February 1928 – 1938)
  • Fr. Stephen Mlakic, M.C.C.I. (21 October 1938 – 1950)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Bahr el-Gebel (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Sisto Mazzoldi, M.C.C.I. (8 July 1950 – 21 April 1951)
  • Vicars Apostolic of Juba (Latin Rite)
  • Bishop Sisto Mazzoldi, M.C.C.I. (21 April 1951 – 12 June 1967)
  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Juba (Latin Rite)
  • Archbishop Ireneus Wien Dud (12 December 1974 – 1982)
  • Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.I. (since 19 February 1983)

    • Suffragan Dioceses

  • Malakal
  • Rumbek
  • Tombura–Yambio
  • Torit
  • Wau
  • Yei

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juba Wikipedia
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