Catholic Church in Sudan (original) (raw)

Also known as: Sudán (español), le Soudan (français), Sudan (Deutsch, Italiano, polski), Sudão (Português), 蘇丹 (正體中文), スーダン (日本語), Sudania (latine)

Celebrations

Documents and Celebrations Text

Papal Visits

Geography

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Capital: Khartoum

Area: 1,861,484 km²

Population: 37,345,935

Neighbouring Countries: ↙ Central African Republic Central African Republic, ← Chad Chad, ↖ Libya Libya, ↑ Egypt Egypt, → Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, → Eritrea Eritrea, ↘ Ethiopia Ethiopia, ↓ South Sudan South Sudan

Cultural Summary

Religions: Sunni Muslim, small Christian minority

Languages: Arabic (official), English (official), Nubian, Ta Bedawie, Fur

Ethnic Groups: Sudanese Arab (approximately 70%), Fur, Beja, Nuba, Fallata

Motto: An-Naṣr Linā (Arabic) (Victory is Ours)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 1,851,353 km²

Catholic Population: 1,334,000 Catholics (2.9% of 45,678,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 47 parishes, 363 other centres

Clergy: 6 bishops (2 diocesan, 4 titular), 125 priests (81 diocesan, 44 religious), 7 permanent deacons (6 diocesan, 1 religious)

Non-Clergy: 117 religious (7 brothers, 110 sisters), 1 member of secular institutes (sister), 35 major seminarians, 6 missionaries, 385 catechists