Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast
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The archbishop's office
The Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast (Latin: a Litore Aureo) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Cape Coast in Ghana.
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
The Archdiocese has been[when?] generous in supplying priests for underserved areas of the United States; for example, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Texas, 16 of the 64 priests are from Ghana. Many have been incardinated into the archdiocese, have become U.S. citizens, and serve as parish pastors.[citation needed]
Special churches[]
The seat of the archbishop is St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in Cape Coast.
Bishops[]
- 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
- (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
- , appointed Bishop of Kumasi in 1962
Suffragan Dioceses[]
- Sekondi–Takoradi
- Wiawso
See also[]
- Catholicism in Ghana
Sources[]
Categories:
- Cape Coast
- Roman Catholic dioceses in Ghana
- Dioceses in Ghana
- Religious organizations established in 1879
- 1879 establishments in Gold Coast (British colony)
- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Cape Coast
- Roman Catholic archbishops of Cape Coast