By Njoki Githinji
RUMBEK, MAY 4, 2021 (CISA)-The Apostolic Nunciature to South Sudan has postponed the consecration ceremony of the bishop-elect of the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek, Monsignor Christian Carlassare indefinitely.
“After the incidents in the Catholic Diocese of Rumbek, I on behalf of the Catholic Bishops of Sudan and South Sudan and in collaboration with the Papal Nuncio to South Sudan H.G Bert Van Megen, and Charge D’ affaires Msgr. Mark Kadima would like to inform the public that the date of the consecration of Bp elected Christian Carlassare is postponed until a later date, which will be fixed as soon as he recovers from the physical and traumatic wounds,” reads a May 2 statement by Archbishop Stephen Ameyu of Juba.