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 •
Antonio Stoppani, M.C.C.I. (
see above 1917.06.13 – retired 1933),
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) •
Edoardo Mason, M.C.C.I. (born Italy) (1947.05.08 – 1960.05.10), Titular Bishop of
Rusicade (1947.05.08 – death 1989.03.15); next
Apostolic Vicar of
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
Barcusus (1955.07.03 – 1974.12.12); previously Apostolic Vicar of
Rumbek (South Sudan) (1955.07.03 – 1960.05.10)
Apostolic Vicar of Wau •
Ireneus Wien Dud (
see above 1961.05.26 – 1974.12.12), also President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (1970 – 1973),
Apostolic Administrator of
Apostolic Vicariate of Rumbek (South Sudan) (1972 – 1974); later Metropolitan Archbishop of
Juba (South Sudan) (1974.12.12 – 1982) ;
Suffragan Bishops of Wau •
Gabriel Zubeir Wako (1974.12.12 – 1979.10.30), also Apostolic Administrator of
Apostolic Vicariate of Rumbek (South Sudan) (1974 – 1976), President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (1978 – 1989); later
Coadjutor Archbishop of
Khartoum (Sudan) (1979.10.30 – 1981.10.10), succeeding as Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (1981.10.10 – retired 2016.12.10), President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (1993 – 1999 & 2012.01.01 – 2016.10), created
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 •
Rudolf Deng Majak (1995.11.02 – death 2017.03.08), also President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (2006? – 2011.12.31); previously
Apostolic Administrator of Wau (1992.04.12 – succession 1995.11.02). •
Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku,
M.C.C.I. (since 18 November 2020) == See also==