List of Catholic dioceses in Sudan and South Sudan explained
The Catholic Church in Sudan and South Sudan is composed of
- one Latin hierarchy, united in one single episcopal conference, designated as Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, comprising an ecclesiastical province under a Metropolitan Archdiocese per country, with a total of 7 suffragan dioceses.
- three Eastern Catholic transnational jurisdictions, each covering both countries (the Melkite one mainly in Egypt).
There is also an Apostolic nunciature to Sudan (papal diplomatic representation, embassy-level) in national capital Khartoum (into which to nunciature to Eritrea is also vested),
and an Apostolic nunciature to South Sudan, but that last office in vested in the nunciature to Kenya (in Nairobi).
Current Latin dioceses
Ecclesiastical Province of Khartoum
covering all Sudan
Ecclesiastical Province of Juba
covering all South Sudan
Current Eastern Catholic jurisdictions
Three rite-specific churches have competent diocesan jurisdictions, but none is proper to either country alone :
Armenian Church
(Armenian rite in Armenian language)
Melkite (Greek) Catholic Church
(Byzantine Rite)
Syriac Catholic Church
(Antiochene rite in Syriac language)
Defunct jurisdictions
No titular see.
Only direct precursors of present sees, except for one suppressed bishopric in Sudan :
See also
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