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Diocese of Wau

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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Elevated: 12 December 1974
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Juba
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: South Sudan
  • Square Kilometers: 134,572 (51,978 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: P.O. Box 29, Wau, Sud Sudan
  • Telephone: 922.266.104

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Prefecture Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal
30 May 1913ErectedVicariate Apostolic of Central Africa {Africa Centrale} (Bar-el-Gazai region) Prefecture Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal
13 June 1917ElevatedPrefecture Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal
12 June 1923Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (Region in the East) Prefecture Apostolic of Nilo Equatoriale (erected)
10 January 1933Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Bahr el-Gebel
Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal
Vicariate Apostolic of Khartoum
Mission "Sui Iuris" of Kodok (erected) (Province of Upper Nile)
3 March 1949Territory LostPrefecture Apostolic of Bahr el-Gebel (Morii)
Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (Zande)
Prefecture Apostolic of Mupoi (erected)
21 February 1952Territory AddedVicariate Apostolic of Khartoum (Abyei)
Prefecture Apostolic of Malakal (Yrol)
Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal
3 July 1955Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Gebel (Yei)
Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal (Lakes)
Prefecture Apostolic of Mupoi (Moru)
Vicariate Apostolic of Rumbek (erected)
Vicariate Apostolic of Wau
26 May 1961Name ChangedVicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal Vicariate Apostolic of Wau
12 January 1973Territory LostVicariate Apostolic of Wau (Jur River District, Eastern Side) Vicariate Apostolic of Rumbek
Diocese of Wau
12 December 1974ElevatedVicariate Apostolic of Wau Diocese of Wau

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal
195022,000750,0002.9%337,333543711ap1951
Vicariate Apostolic of Wau
197067,000962,5047.0%10106,70011013ap1971
Diocese of Wau
1980212,1801,398,00015.2%158239,225141015ap1981
1990477,0001,770,00026.9%591434,071221715ap1991
1999760,0002,450,00031.0%1071744,705151316ap2000
2000990,0003,000,00033.0%19113033,000211521ap2001
20011,190,0003,500,00034.0%20103039,666201620ap2002
20021,190,0003,500,00034.0%1361962,631151517ap2005
20102,800,0004,000,00070.0%19123190,322301913ap2011
20122,800,0004,200,00066.7%22143677,777272314ap2013
20142,800,0004,000,00070.0%19244365,116342819ap2015
20172,984,0004,263,00070.0%28184664,8691282819ap2018
20203,164,1904,667,76067.8%27265359,701362820ap2021
20224,041,0005,389,00075.0%31386958,5651464625ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Prefecture Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 5, Page 249, and Page 250
  • Vicariate Apostolic of Bahr el-Ghazal
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 9, Page 371
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 44, Page 597
  • Diocese of Wau
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 67, Page 164, and Page 165
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