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Where the diocese gathers

Our Parishes

The Catholic Diocese of Rumbek has seventeen parishes and one mission. Many are sub-divided into sub-parishes, and more than 150 rural chapels and prayer stations carry the sacraments out to the villages and cattle camps between them.

The register

The parishes

Each parish serves a wide country of villages, cattle camps and outstations, most of them reached by road.

Holy Cross Parish, Yirol

Holy Cross Parish

Yirol

St Peter and Paul Parish

Warrap

Sacred Heart Parish, Tonj

Sacred Heart Parish

Tonj

Mary Mother of God Parish

Agangrial

St Francis Parish

Cueibet

Good Shepherd Parish, Thon Aduel

Good Shepherd Parish

Thon Aduel

St Josephine Bakhita Parish, Mapuordit

St Josephine Bakhita Parish

Mapuordit

St Theresa Parish, Rumbek

St Theresa Parish

Rumbek

Eight of the seventeen parishes are listed here. The remaining nine, and the diocese’s one mission, are still to be recorded.

Holy Family Cathedral, Rumbek

The Mother Church

Holy Family Cathedral, Rumbek

The Mother Church of the diocese, and a building whose history has been ravaged by strife.

1965
Arab soldiers killed the Vicar General, Fr Ark-Angelo Ali, during a raid. The cathedral was burned down soon afterwards.
1972
An Apostolic Delegate was able to re-open the mission, but from then on the Bishop of Rumbek was obliged to lead the diocese from Kenya.
1997
The entire compound and most of the cathedral had been destroyed. All that still stood was part of the round wall, and the wall behind the altar with its painting of the Holy Family.
Since then
Little by little the mission and its cathedral were rebuilt. Renovation work continues.
Today
The cathedral is far too small for the hundreds who come to Mass, so a multipurpose shelter has been built — cover for those who cannot fit inside, and an arena for religious and community events.

Houses and properties

The other places the diocese keeps

Alongside the parish churches, the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek holds compounds, a guest house, a formation centre and a range of community facilities run by the religious communities working in the diocese.

Accommodation

Religious compounds

Across the diocese

CDOR keeps a number of religious compounds, which provide accommodation for those working within the diocese.

Hospitality

Pandoor Guest House

Run by the diocese

The diocesan guest house, which offers accommodation to paying guests.

A fuller history of Pandoor is being prepared and will be added here.

Formation

PALICA

Rumbek

The Pastoral department

The Pastoral, Liturgical and Catechetical Centre, carried by the Pastoral Department.

A fuller history of PALICA is being prepared and will be added here.

Community

Community facilities

Run by our religious communities

Beyond the parishes, the religious communities of the diocese run a wide range of facilities for the people around them.

These include

  • Orphanages
  • Refuges for vulnerable people
  • Community restaurants

Letters from Rumbek

A short monthly note from the diocese — what happened in the parishes, in the schools, on the radio. No more than one email a month.

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