Pope Francis appoints Sudanese Bishop to replace Cardinal Wako next year
August 23, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – Pope Francis last week appointed a Sudanese Bishop form the Nuba Mountains Michael Didi Adgum Mungoria as Archbishop Coadjutor of Khartoum before he will replace the Archdiocese of Khartoum Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako next year.
The appointment of Bishop Mungoria of El Obeid Diocese was announced on Saturday 15 August 2015. He is the first Sudanese Nuba to hold this position.
He will replace Cardinal Wako with effect from January 2016.
The Archbishop Coadjutor was born on 1 January 1959 at Engoth, in the Nuba Mountains area, South Kordofan state.
He was ordained as priest in Khartoum on 10 May 1992. Five years later he travelled to Rome where he got a Degree on Canon Law in 2001, at the Urban Pontifical University.
From 2001 to 2008, he was a Member of the Council of Presbyters and of the College of Consultants. Then, he was appointed Rector of St. Paul’s Major Seminary in Khartoum.
Two years later, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as Coadjutor Bishop of El-Obeid, and he became the Ordinary Bishop on 28 October 2013.
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