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Dr. Joseph Marona
On the evening of Friday 18th September 2009, former Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan and Bishop of Juba, Dr. Joseph Marona, passed away.
Sudan is the largest country in Africa - it is about the same size as Europe. The Episcopal Church of Sudan has relatively recently been divided into 24 dioceses, many of which are geographically small and clustered in the south. The northern two thirds of the country used to be the single diocese of Khartoum before it was divided.
This northern part - is largely an Arabic, Muslim area and, particularly around Khartoum and the other cities, the Christians are mainly Southern Sudanese who have been displaced by many years of war.