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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Malakal ( la, Malakalen(sis)) is a
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Malakal Malakal is a city in South Sudan. It is the capital of Upper Nile State, South Sudan, along the White Nile River. It also serves as the headquarter of Malakal county and it used to be the headquarter of Upper Nile Region from 1970s to late 1990s ...
in the
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History

* January 10, 1933: Established as
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of Kodok from
Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Khartoum ( la, Khartumen(sis)) is the Latin Metropolitan archbishopric with See in national capital Khartoum whose Ecclesiastical province, including the suffragan Obeid, covers Sudan. History On 3 April in ...
* August 4, 1938: Promoted as Apostolic Prefecture of Kodok * July 14, 1949: Renamed as Apostolic Prefecture of Malakal * December 12, 1974: Promoted as Diocese of Malakal


Leadership

* Ecclesiastical Superior of Kodok (Roman rite) ** Fr. Matteo Michelon, M.C.C.I. (1933.07.08 – 1935) * Prefects Apostolic of Kodok (Roman rite) ** Fr. John Wall, M.H.M. (1938.08.12 – 1945) ** Fr. John Hart, M.H.M. (1947.06.13 – 1949.07.14 ''see below'') * Prefects Apostolic of Malakal (Roman rite) ** Fr. John Hart, M.H.M. (''see above'' 1949.07.14 – 1962) ** Fr. Herman Gerard Te Riele, M.H.M. (1962.05.29 – 1967) * Prefects Apostolic of Malakal (Roman rite) ** Fr. Pio Yukwan Deng (1967.08.19 – 1974.12.12 ''see below'') *
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s of Malakal (Roman rite) ** Bishop
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(''see above'' 1974.12.12 – 1976.12.03) ** Bishop
Vincent Mojwok Nyiker Vincent Mojwok Nyiker (25 January 1933 – 5 January 2018) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Mojwok Nyiker was born in the Sudan and was ordained to the priesthood in 1962. He served as the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Malakal The R ...
(1979.03.15 – 2009.05.16) ** Msgr.
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(Apostolic Administrator starting 2009) ** Bishop
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See also

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Roman Catholicism in South Sudan The Catholic Church in South Sudan is composed of one ecclesiastical province with one archdiocese and six suffragan dioceses. There have been a total of 31 bishops in South Sudan to date. The bishops of South Sudan and Sudan are currently members ...
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Anglican Diocese of Malakal Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of t ...


Sources


GCatholic.org


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