Roman Catholic Diocese of Wau

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Diocese of Wau Dioecesis Vavensis
Cathedral of St. Mary, Wau
Location
Country	South Sudan
Statistics
Area	134,572 km2 (51,959 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	4,667,760 3,164,190 (67.8%)
Parishes	20
Information
Denomination	Catholicism
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman
Established	May 30, 1913 (1913-05-30)
Archdiocese	Archdiocese of Juba
Secular priests	27
Current leadership
Bishop	Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku, MCCJ
Map
Location of the diocese within South Sudan

The Diocese of Wau (Latin: Vaven(sis)) is a Latin Church is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in South Sudan. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Juba, and depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

The cathedra is in the Cathedral of St. Mary in Wau, Gharb Baḩr al Ghazāl province. Matthew Remijio Adam Gbitiku has been Bishop of Wau since 18 November 2020.