Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi (Latin: Kumasien(sis)) is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Kumasi in Ghana.

History
  • 1932.02.02: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kumasi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Gold Coast
  • 1950.04.18: Promoted as Diocese of Kumasi
  • 2002.01.17: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kumasi

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop and minor basilica is St. Peter’s Cathedral Basilica in Kumasi.

Bishops
  • Vicar Apostolic of Kumasi (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Hubert Joseph Paulissen, S.M.A. (1932.11.29 – 1950.04.18); see below
  • Bishops of Kumasi (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Hubert Joseph Paulissen, S.M.A. (1950.04.18 – 1952); see above
    • Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A. (1952.05.15 – 1962.02.13), appointed Prefect of Parakou, Benin
    • Bishop Joseph Amihere Essuah (1962.02.24 – 1969.11.20), appointed Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi
    • Bishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong (1969.11.20 – 2002.01.17); see below
  • Metropolitan Archbishops of Kumasi (Roman rite)
    • Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong (2002.01.17 – 2008.03.26); see above
    • Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah (2008.03.26 – 2012.05.15)
    • Archbishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye (since 2012.05.15)

Auxiliary Bishop
  • Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye (2003-2008), appointed Bishop of Obuasi; later returned here as Archbishop

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
  • John Yaw Afoakwa, appointed Bishop of Obuasi in 2013

Suffragan Dioceses
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See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Ghana

References

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