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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Torit (Latin : Toriten(sis)) is a diocese located in Torit in the Ecclesiastical province of Juba in South Sudan.
The Diocese of Torit is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Juba. It was detached from Juba on May 2, 1983. The first Bishop Paride Taban was appointed on July 2, 1983. The Diocese covers 82,542 km2. and has a population of 1,550,000 of whom around 70% (1,085,000) are Catholics. [1] It has three deaneries: Western Deanery, bordering Uganda, Central Deanery, bordering north south of Uganda and Eastern Deanery, bordering Kenya and part of Ethiopia. Due to the civil war from 1984 to 2005, the diocese operated from Nairobi. After signing the peace agreement, the see of the diocese opened in Torit. The Diocese serves 15 parishes, 36 Eucharistic Centers, and 240 other stations not regularly visited by priests, but by lay leaders and catechists.
The CDOT just as Eastern Equatoria State is bordered in the East by Ethiopia, in the South by Kenya and Uganda, in the West by Central Equatoria State and lastly in the North by desert area that runs over into Jonglei and Upper Nile States. Education Education Soon after the total destruction of educational infrastructures and the collapsed of the education system in most part of Eastern Equatoria State in 1992 the CDOT revived education activities along the borders with Ugandan and Kenyan using their syllabuses and students taking their national examinations for convenience and certification purposes. At the moment CDOT runs two secondary schools (Narus and Isohe), one vocational school (Narus), and 13 primary schools (Boma, Nanyangachor, Narus, Lolim, Isoke, Ikotos, Eboni, and Loa and a number of bush schools in East and North Kapoeta Counties). Health After an interruption in health services the diocese established the health department in 1994.
CDOT runs Primary healthcare centers (PHCC) in Lotimor, Nanyangachor, Narus, Kapoeta, Lorema, Magwi, Isoke, Parajok and Nimule. Most of these have capacity for inpatients and a mobile car for referral to hospitals in Chukudum, Nimule, Kakuma (Kenya in the refugee camp run by UNHCR) and recently to Torit Hospitals Water Hygiene and Sanitation Education (WHYSE).
Equatoria is a region of southern South Sudan, along the upper reaches of the White Nile. Originally a province of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, it also contained most of northern parts of present-day Uganda, including Lake Albert and West Nile. It was an idealistic effort to create a model state in the interior of Africa that never consisted of more than a handful of adventurers and soldiers in isolated outposts.
Eastern Equatoria is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of 73,472 km². The capital City is Torit. On October 1, 1972, the state was divided into Imatong and Namorunyang states and was re-established by a peace agreement signed on 22 February 2020.
The Toposa are an ethnic group in South Sudan, living in the Greater Kapoeta region of the erstwhile Eastern Equatoria state. They have traditionally lived by herding cattle, sheep and goats, and in the past were involved in the ivory trade. They have a tradition of constant low-level warfare, usually cattle raids, against their neighbors.
Paride Taban is a South Sudanese prelate of the Catholic Church and was the first leader of the Sudan Council of Churches, which was founded in February 1990. He was Auxiliary Bishop of Juba 28 Jan 1980 to 2 July 1983 and served as Bishop of Torit from 1983 to 2004.
Magwi County, also Magwe County, is a county in Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Juba is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Juba in South Sudan.
Nimule is a city in the southern part of South Sudan in Magwi County, Eastern Equatoria. It lies approximately 197 kilometres (122 mi), by road, southeast of Juba, the capital of South Sudan and largest city in the country. The town also lies approximately 120 kilometres (75 mi), by road, north of Gulu, Uganda, the nearest large city.
Kapoeta is a town in South Sudan. It is located in Kapoeta South County, in Eastern Equatoria State, in southeastern South Sudan.
Torit County is an administrative region in Eastern Equatoria of South Sudan, with headquarters in the town of Torit, which is also the state capital.
Budi County is an administrative area of Eastern Equatoria state in South Sudan, with headquarters in Chukudum.
Kapoeta South County is an administrative region in Eastern Equatoria State. The county logo is a ram with horns and slightly bent tail. The county includes the Kapoeta Town, Machi and Namorunyang Payams.
Narus is a community in the Eastern Equatoria of South Sudan. It is the headquarters of Kapoeta East County.
Kapoeta East County is an administrative region of Eastern Equatoria state in South Sudan, bordered by Kenya to the south, Ethiopia to the east and Jonglei state to the west. It is part of the Greater Kapoeta region of the state. The largest ethnic group is the Toposa people. The principal town is Narus. The county includes the disputed Ilemi triangle, controlled by Kenya. The emblem of the county is a horned bull, with big humps and a large tail.
George Echom Ekeno is a politician who was deputy governor of Eastern Equatoria state in South Sudan, and was later appointed state minister for Environment, Wildlife Conservation & Tourism.
Loyoro is a community in Eastern Equatoria state of South Sudan, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) as the crow flies to the north east of Narus. It lies on the Loyoro River. Loyoro is part of the Narus parish of the Catholic Diocese of Torit.
Lolim is a community located in Eastern Equatoria state of South Sudan. It is on the road from Kapoeta to Narus. Lolim lies just north of the Loyuro River, which has a pool called Lolimi. The community is mainly made up of Toposa people.
Kauto Payam
Kuron peace village is an intentional community founded by emeritus bishop Paride Taban in Kuron, South Sudan, in 2005. It is situated in Kapoeta East County, Namorunyang State, on the southeast border of South Sudan, roughly 190 km from Narus and 75 km from Boma. The area is mainly inhabited by the Toposa ethnic community of the ateker ethnic cluster. Kuron peace village is situated near the Kuron river and close to the northern state boundary with Boma state. Its headquarter is based in Nanyangachor near Ethiopian highland. the main aim of establishing the village was to have a village without tribalism
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