SUDAN: Province elects seven new bishops

October 26, 2009 [Episcopal Church of the Sudan] The Episcopal Church of the Sudan on Oct. 24 elected seven new bishops in All Saints Cathedral, Juba.

Five of the seven bishops-elect will serve the newly created dioceses of Terekeka, Pacong, Akot, Twic East and Nzara, while two are replacing bishops who have retired this year from the dioceses of Wau and Rejaf.

The bishops-elect are:

• The Rt. Rev. Micah Leila Dawidi, Diocese of Terekeka;
• The Rt. Rev. Joseph Maker Atot, Diocese of Pacong;
• The Rt. Rev. Isaac Dhieu Ater, Diocese of Akot;
• The Rev. Samuel Enosa Peni, Diocese of Nzara;
• The Rev. Moses Deng Bol, Diocese of Wau;
• The Rev. Canon Enock Tombe Stephen, Diocese of Rejaf; and
• The Rt. Rev. Ezekiel Diing, Diocese of Twic East.

Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul closed the elections in prayer, asking that the new leaders will further unite and develop the Episcopal Church of the Sudan.

The various consecrations and enthronements will take place in the respective dioceses over the next few months, beginning in Terekeka on Sunday, November 1.

The Episcopal Church of the Sudan is one of the 12 Anglican provinces in Africa and includes approximately four million members.

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