Fwd: [sudans-john-ashworth] New Catholic Bishop of El Obeid

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Subject: [sudans-john-ashworth] New Catholic Bishop of El Obeid
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1. New Bishop for Sudan’s El Obeid Diocese Appointed, SCBC President
Welcomes Him to Conference

CANAA || By Father Don Bosco Onyalla, Nairobi || 16 February 2017

Pope Francis has appointed Father Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali as
Bishop of El Obeid diocese, one of the two dioceses of Sudan, which
together with the seven dioceses in South Sudan constitute the Sudan
Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SCBC).

SCBC President, Bishop Barani Eduardo Hiiboro of Tombura-Yambio has
welcomed the Bishop-elect to the conference and expressed gratitude to
Pope Francis for the Monday, February 13 appointment.

“History is in detail of our time with the appointment of Fr. Trile
Tombe Bishop of El-Obeid,” Bishop Barani told CANAA Thursday and
added, “I am extremely grateful to the Holy Father who has appointed
Fr. Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali as bishop of Obeid gracing the year
2017 for us.”

“I sincerely welcome Bishop-elect Rev. Trile Tombe into the college of
Bishop of Bishops for Sudan and South Sudan,” Bishop Barani went on to
say, adding, “This is indeed a great intervention by the Holy Father
into our minority conference.”

The Bishop-elect will be succeeding Archbishop Michael Didi who was
appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Khartoum in August 2015 and
eventually succeeded Gabriel Cardinal Zubeir Wako. Cardinal Zubeir
officially retired in December 2016.

Until his appointment, 53-year old Father Trile Tombe has been serving
as Rector of the Inter-diocesan St. Paul’s Major Seminary in Juba.

“I know Father Trile personally, he was two classes ahead of me but we
lived and shared room together,” Bishop Barani told CANAA, referring
to the Bishop-elect as “not only a friend but (also) a brother!”

“He is well-known and loved as a spiritual father. His experience as
Rector of both Minor and Major Seminaries of the diocesan and National
Major Seminary over many years has equipped him with expertise in
governance and administration. He is deeply intelligent, gentle but
firm, faithful and compassionate,” SCBC President revealed.

Previously, the Bishop-elect served as parish collaborator in El
Nahud, Nayala, El Fasher and Kadaguli (1991-1995); rector of the minor
seminary of El Obeid (1995-2002); vicar general of the diocese
(1997-2002) and pastor of All Saints Parish in Saraf Jamus.

“In a sign of the changing face of the church in South Sudan and Sudan
Bishop-elect Tombe will be the Second Nuba Bishop and first Nuba-Tira
Bishop; his appointment also signals the growing strength of Nuba
Catholics in the Sudan, one of the fastest growing ethnic groups in
the Church in this country,” SCBC President told CANAA.

Born in Torojo in Sudan and ordained priest in 1991, the Bishop-elect
obtained his licentiate and doctorate in Canon Law from the Catholic
University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) in Nairobi, Kenya.

According to SCBC President, the Bishop-elect is expected to be
consecrated in El-Obeid in early March 2017 before the Lenten period.

“The people and priests of El Obeid will be very blessed by the
appointment of their new bishop,” Bishop Barani said, imploring all
the faithful in Sudan and South Sudan “to pray for Fr. Trile and also
that the Holy Father will be able to give us more ordinaries for the
vacant dioceses of Malakal, Torit, Rumbek and possibly Wau.”

Bishop Barani thanked the Bishop-elect “for accepting this service
call" and wished him God's blessings.

http://www.canaafrica.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=859:new-bishop-for-sudans-el-obeid-diocese-appointed&catid=16:latestnews&Itemid=103&lang=en

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2. Bishop of El Obeid

Vatican News

The Holy Father has appointed Fr. Yunan Tombe Trille Kuku Andali as
bishop of Obeid (area 888,938, population 9,006,000, Catholics
100,000, priests 30, religious 19), Sudan. The bishop-elect was born
in 1964 in Tojoro, Sudan, and was ordained a priest in 1991. He holds
a licentiate and doctorate in canon law from the Catholic University
of Nairobi, Kenya, and has served as parish collaborator in El Nahud,
Nayala, El Fasher and Kadaguli (1991-1995); rector of the minor
seminary of El Obeid (1995-2002); vicar general of the diocese
(1997-2002) and pastor of All Saints Parish in Saraf Jamus. He is
currently rector of the interdiocesan St. Paul’s Seminary in Juba.

http://www.news.va/en/news/354767

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