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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Accra

Ghana Ghana

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Area: 3,255 km²

Population: 391,100 Catholics (7.9% of 4,981,000 total) (2018)

Statistics: 40 parishes, 34 missions, 206 priests (142 diocesan, 64 religious), 205 lay religious (116 brothers, 89 sisters), 72 seminarians (2018)

Suffragan Sees: Ho, Jasikan, Keta–Akatsi, Koforidua

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Patron Saint: Holy Spirit, Immaculate Heart of Mary, , Martyrs of Uganda, Saint Martín de Porres Velázquez

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History

Papal Visits

Special Churches

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.01.02 – ...):Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. (63)Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. (63)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Accra (Roman Rite)

Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. (63)Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. (63)Permalink
(2019.01.02 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra (Ghana)

Duc in altum

Born:1958.04.26 (Powa, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:1988.07.23
Consecrated Bishop:2014.09.13

Bishop of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana) (2014.07.03 – 2019.01.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra (Ghana) (2019.01.02 – ...)

Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle (71)Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle (71)Permalink
(2005.03.30 – 2018.05.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana)
Vice-President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference

Omnibus omnia factus sum

Born:1950.06.15 (Axim, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:1976.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:1993.01.06

Bishop of Koforidua (Ghana) (1992.07.06 – 2005.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra (Ghana) (2005.03.30 – 2018.05.11)

Vice-President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference (2016.10.14 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana) (2018.05.11 – ...)

Archbishop Dominic Kodwo AndohPermalink
(1992.07.06 – 2005.03.30)

Thy kingdom come

Born:1929.05.04 (Ghana)
Ordained Priest:1956.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1971.10.03
Died:2013.05.17 († 84)

Bishop of Accra (Ghana) (1971.07.03 – 1992.07.06)

President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference (1973 – 1982)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra (Ghana) (1992.07.06 – 2005.03.30)

Bishops of Accra (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1971.07.03 – 1992.07.06)

(see above)

Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D.Permalink
(1953.01.08 – 1971.01.16)

Born:1910.03.28 (Dominica)
Ordained Priest:1939.01.22
Consecrated Bishop:1953.04.22
Died:2012.11.06 († 102)

Titular Bishop of Ciparissia (1952.11.27 – 1953.01.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Accra (Ghana) (1952.11.27 – 1953.01.08)

Bishop of Accra (Ghana) (1953.01.08 – 1971.01.16)

Bishop of Saint John’s (Antigua and Barbuda) (1971.01.16 – 1981.06.21)

Bishop of Saint John’s–Basseterre (Antigua and Barbuda) (1981.06.21 – 1981.07.17)

Bishop Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D. (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1950.04.18 – 1953.01.08)

Born:1900.07.04 (Belleville, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:1925.09.27
Consecrated Bishop:1947.08.22
Died:1981.04.15 († 80)

Prefect Apostolic of Accra (Ghana) (1944 – 1947.06.12)

Titular Bishop of Capitolias (1947.06.12 – 1950.04.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Accra (Ghana) (1947.06.12 – 1950.04.18)

Bishop of Accra (Ghana) (1950.04.18 – 1953.01.08)

Titular Bishop of Hierpiniana (1953.01.08 – 1966.11.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Alexishafen (Papua New Guinea) (1953.01.08 – 1966.11.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Madang (Papua New Guinea) (1966.11.15 – 1975.12.19)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and Soloman Islands (1967 – 1969)

Vicars Apostolic of Accra (Roman Rite)

Bishop Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D. (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1947.06.12 – 1950.04.18)

(see above)

Prefects Apostolic of Accra (Roman Rite)

Fr. Adolph Alexander Noser, S.V.D. (later Archbishop)Permalink
(1944 – 1947.06.12)

(see above)

Former Prelates

as of 2022.01.02

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