Wau, 21 September, 2020 / 10:24 pm (ACI Africa).
Pope Francis on Monday, September 21 made public his appointment of Archbishop Stephen Ameyu as the Apostolic Administrator for South Sudan’s Wau Diocese and Msgr. Giovanni Gaspari as his representative in Angola and São Tomé and Príncipe.
The appointment of Archbishop Ameyu as the Apostolic Administrator of Wau Diocese was announced on Monday, September 21 by Chargé d'Affaires at the Apostolic Nunciature in South Sudan, Msgr. Mark Kadima.
Archbishop Ameyu whose appointment “takes effect immediately” will govern Wau Diocese “until the new Bishop is chosen,” Msgr. Kadima told members of the Press September 21 at the Juba-based Apostolic Nunciature.
Making the announcement on behalf of the Apostolic Nuncio in Kenya and South Sudan, Archbishop Bert van Megen, Msgr. Kadima said that while overseeing the administration of Wau Diocese, Archbishop Ameyu “will continue serving as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Juba and as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Torit.”
Located in northwestern South Sudan, the Diocese of Wau became vacant in March 2017 following the death of Bishop Rudolf Deng Majak. Since then, it has been under the leadership of Fr. Marko Mongu as Diocesan Administrator.
