Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast

The Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast (Latin: a Litore Aureo) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Cape Coast in Ghana. The Archdiocese has been generous in supplying priests for underserved areas of the United States; for example, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Texas in the Victoria, Texas area, 16 of the 64 priests are from Ghana- many have been incardinated into (became part of the official body of priest clergy) the diocese and have become U.S. citizens, serving as pastors of church parishes.

The archbishop's office

History

• 27 September 1879: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Gold Coast from the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas in Gabon
• 25 May 1901: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Gold Coast
• 18 April 1950: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Coast

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in Cape Coast.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Vicars Apostolic of Gold Coast
  • Maximilien Albert, S.M.A. (1895-1903)
  • Isidore Klaus, S.M.A. (1904-1905)
  • François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. (1906-1924)
  • Ernest Hauger, S.M.A. (1925-1932)
• Archbishops of Cape Coast
  • William Porter, S.M.A. (1933-1959)
  • John Kodwo Amissah (1959-1991)
  • Peter Turkson (1992-2009) (Cardinal in 2003), appointed President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
  • Matthias Kobena Nketsiah (2010-2018)
  • Charles G. Palmer-Buckle (2018-)

Auxiliary Bishops

• John Kodwo Amissah (1957-1959), appointed Archbishop here
• Matthias Kobena Nketsiah (2006-2010), appointed Archbishop here

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Joseph Amihere Essuah, appointed Bishop of Kumasi in 1962

Suffragan Dioceses

• Sekondi–Takoradi
• Wiawso

See also

• Catholicism in Ghana

Sources

• GCatholic.org