Roman Catholic Diocese of Wau

History

• 30 May 1913: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Ghazal, on territory split off from the Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa
• 13 June 1917: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Bahr el-Ghazal
• Lost territory repeatedly : on 1923.06.12 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Equatorial Nile, on 1949.03.03 to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Mupoi and on 1955.07.03 to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Rumbek
• 26 May 1961: Renamed after its see as Apostolic Vicariate of Wau
• 12 December 1974: Promoted as Diocese of Wau

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Ordinaries

• Antonio Stoppani, M.C.C.I., Titular Bishop of Stratonicea in Caria
• Rodolfo Orler, M.C.C.I. , Titular Bishop of Prusias ad Hypium
• Edoardo Mason, M.C.C.I. , Titular Bishop of Rusicade ; next Apostolic Vicar of El Obeid
• Ireneus Wien Dud , Titular Bishop of Barcusus ; previously Apostolic Vicar of Rumbek

• Gabriel Zubeir Wako, also Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Vicariate of Rumbek , President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference ; later Coadjutor Archbishop of Khartoum , succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum, President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference, created Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina
• Joseph Bilal Nyekindi, died 1996
• Rudolf Deng Majak, also President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference ; previously Apostolic Administrator of Wau.