Established 3 April 1846, as the Vicariate Apostolic of the Africa Centrale. Name changed to the Vicariage Apostlic of Khartoum on 30 May 1913; entrusted to the Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Verona. Elevated to the archdiocese of Khartoum, Sudan on 12 December 1974. See alsoNew Catholic Dictionary