Roman Catholic Diocese of Wau

Statistics

As of 2014^[update], it pastorally served 2,913,120 Catholics (70.0% of 4,161,600 total) on 134,572 km² in 19 parishes with 43 priests (25 diocesan, 18 religious), 1 deacon, 56 lay religious (28 brothers, 28 sisters) and 23 seminarians.

Ordinaries

Apostolic Prefect of Bahr el-Ghazal

• Antonio Stoppani, Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus (M.C.C.I.) (born Italy) (1913.05.30 – 1917.06.13 see below)

Apostolic Vicars of Bahr el-Ghazal

• Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria
  (1917.06.13 – death 1940.08.06)
• Rodolfo Orler, M.C.C.I. (born Canada) (1933.12.11 – death 1946.07.19), Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium (1933.12.11 – 1946.07.19)
• El Obeid
  (Sudan) (1960.05.10 – 1969)
• Ireneus Wien Dud (first African incumbent, born Sudan) (1960.05.10 – 1961.05.26 see below), Titular Bishop of
  Rumbek
  (South Sudan) (1955.07.03 – 1960.05.10)

Apostolic Vicar of Wau

• Apostolic Vicariate of Rumbek (South Sudan) (1972 – 1974); later Metropolitan Archbishop of Juba
  (South Sudan) (1974.12.12 – 1982)

• Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina
  (2003.10.21 [2003.12.14] – ...)
• Joseph Bilal Nyekindi (1980.10.24 – retired 1995.11.02), died 1996
• Apostolic Administrator
  of Wau (1992.04.12 – succession 1995.11.02).
• Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku, M.C.C.I. (2020.11.18-present)

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Sudan and South Sudan

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org - data for all sections
• Diocese of Wau website