Simon Adut Yuang

{{Short description|South Sudanese Anglican bishop (died 2018)}}

Simon Adut Yuang (died 9 September 2018) was a South Sudanese Anglican bishop. He served as the Anglican Bishop of Yirol, located within the Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan, from 2015 until his death in a plane crash on 9 September, 2018.{{cite news|title=Episcopal Church of South Sudan's Bishop of Yirol, Simon Adut Yuang, killed in plane crash |url=http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2018/09/episcopal-church-of-south-sudans-bishop-of-yirol-simon-adut-yuang-killed-in-plane-crash.aspx |work=Anglican Communion News Service |date=2008-09-10 |accessdate=2018-10-01 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911114335/http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2018/09/episcopal-church-of-south-sudans-bishop-of-yirol-simon-adut-yuang-killed-in-plane-crash.aspx |archivedate=2018-09-11 |url-status=live}}

In January 2015, the incumbent Bishop of Yirol, Daniel Deng Abeil, died from cancer.{{cite news|title=S. Sudan: Bishop of Yirol dies |url=http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2015/01/s-sudan-bishop-of-yirol-dies.aspx |work=Anglican Communion News Service |date=2008-09-10 |accessdate=2015-01-16 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709005241/http://www.anglicannews.org/news/2015/01/s-sudan-bishop-of-yirol-dies.aspx |archivedate=2015-07-09 |url-status=live}} Simon Adut Yuang was elected as Deng Abeil's successor in May 2015. He was consecrated and enthroned as Bishop of Yirol in July 2015.

Simon Adut Yuang was killed in a plane crash in Yirol on September 9, 2018, along with at least 19 passengers and crew.{{cite news|title=South Sudan: Plane crashes into Lake Yirol 'killing 19' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45465618 |work=BBC News |date=2008-09-09 |accessdate=2018-10-01 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910014231/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45465618 |archivedate=2018-09-10 |url-status=live}} The plane was en route from Juba International Airport to Yirol Airport when it crashed into Lake Yirol.

Bishop Simon Adut Yuang was survived by his wife and six children.