Syriac Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of

Sudan and South Sudan

Sudan Sudan, South Sudan South Sudan

Continent: Eastern and Central Africa

Rite: Syriac (Antiochian)

Type: Territory Dependent on the Patriarch Patriarchal Territory

Name: Sudan and South Sudan (English)

Subject to the Patriarch

Neighbouring Dioceses: Cairo (↑)

Depends on: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

History

Present Prelates

Patriarchal Vicar (2022.05.12 – ...):Bishop Élie Joseph Warde (48)Bishop Élie Joseph Warde (48)

Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt)

Ordinaries

Protosyncelli of Sudan and South Sudan (Syriac Rite)

Bishop Élie Joseph Warde (48)Bishop Élie Joseph Warde (48)
(2022.05.12 – ...)

Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt)
Patriarchal Vicar of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan)

Born:1977.09.28 (Haddad-Beirut, Lebanon)
Ordained Priest:2004.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:2022.06.18

Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) (2022.05.12 – ...)

Patriarchal Vicar of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan) (2022.05.12 – ...)

Bishop Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan (45)Bishop Yacoub Camil Afram Antoine Semaan (45)
(Patriarchal Administrator 2020.04.15 – 2022.05.12)

Bishop Clément-Joseph Hannouche
(1997 – 2020.04.09)

Born:1950.03.27 (Cairo, Egypt)
Ordained Priest:1976.06.13
Consecrated Bishop:1996.03.19
Died:2020.04.09 (Cairo, Egypt † 70)

Bishop of Cairo of the Syriacs (Egypt) (1995.06.24 – 2020.04.09)

Protosyncellus of Sudan and South Sudan of the Syriacs (Sudan) (1997 – 2020.04.09)

Statistics (2017.12.31)

Population: 40 Catholics

Population

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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