Diocese of

Sekondi–Takoradi

Ghana

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 15,570 km²

Population: 448,815 Catholics (19.3% of 2,324,170 total) (2017)

Statistics: 62 parishes, 5 missions, 136 priests (119 diocesan, 17 religious), 1 deacon, 62 lay religious (29 brothers, 33 sisters), 60 seminarians (2017)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cape Coast

Depends on: Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

Patron Saint: Stella Maris

History

1969.11.20: Established as Diocese of Sekondi–Takoradi / Sekondien(sis)–Takoradien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Coast)
1999.12.22: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Wiawso

Special Churches

Cathedral: Our Lady Star of the Sea Cathedral, Sekondi-Takoradi

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sekondi–Takoradi (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. (61) (later Archbishop)
(2014.07.03 – 2019.01.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra (Ghana)

Born:	1958.04.26 (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 Matthias Kobena Nketsiah (77)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.12.14 – 2014.07.03)

Bishop John Martin Darko
(1998.06.27 – 2011.12.14)

Born:	1945.05.30 (Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1976.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.10.10
Died:	2013.01.12 († 67)

Bishop of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana) (1998.06.27 – 2011.12.14)

Bishop Charles Kweku Sam
(1981.11.30 – 1998.01.13)

Born:	1940.02.02 (Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1967.07.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.01.06
Died:	1998.01.13 († 57)

Bishop of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana) (1981.11.30 – 1998.01.13)

Bishop Joseph Amihere Essuah
(1969.11.20 – 1980.10.07)

Born:	1908.08.21 (Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.06.17
Died:	1980.10.07 († 72)

Bishop of Kumasi (Ghana) (1962.02.24 – 1969.11.20)

Bishop of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana) (1969.11.20 – 1980.10.07)

as of 2019.11.30

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