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Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Tamale

Ghana Ghana

History

  • 1950.04.18: Established as Diocese of Tamale / Tamalen(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Navrongo)
  • 1956.04.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Navrongo
  • 1959.11.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Wa
  • 1977.05.30: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tamale / Tamalen(sis) (Latin)
  • 1995.02.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Damongo
  • 1999.03.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Yendi

Special Churches


Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2009.02.12 – ...):Archbishop Philip Naameh (64)Archbishop Philip Naameh (64)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Tamale (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Philip Naameh (64)Archbishop Philip Naameh (64)
(2009.02.12 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana)

Born:1948.09.08 (Ghana)
Ordained Priest:1977.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:1995.05.28

Bishop of Damongo (Ghana) (1995.02.03 – 2009.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana) (2009.02.12 – ...)

Archbishop Gregory Ebolawola Kpiebaya (80)Archbishop Gregory Ebolawola Kpiebaya (80)
(1994.03.26 – 2009.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tamale (Ghana)

Born:1933 (Ghana)
Ordained Priest:1962.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:1975.03.15

Bishop of Wa (Ghana) (1974.11.18 – 1994.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana) (1994.03.26 – 2009.02.12)

Archbishop Peter Proeku Dery (later Cardinal)
(1977.05.30 – 1994.03.26)

Apostolus Jesu Christi

Born:1918.05.10 (Ghana)
Ordained Priest:1951.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:1960.05.08
Created Cardinal:2006.03.24
Died:2008.03.06 († 89)

Bishop of Wa (Ghana) (1960.03.16 – 1974.11.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Tamale (Ghana) (1972 – 1974.11.18)

Bishop of Tamale (Ghana) (1974.11.18 – 1977.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana) (1977.05.30 – 1994.03.26)

President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference (1982 – 1988)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina (2006.03.24 [2006.03.28] – 2008.03.06)

Bishops of Tamale (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Proeku Dery (later Cardinal)
(1974.11.18 – 1977.05.30)

(see above)

Bishop Peter Proeku Dery (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1972 – 1974.11.18)

Bishop Gabriel Champagne, M. Afr.
(1957.04.12 – 1972.06.23)

Born:1908.04.23 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1935.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1957.06.09
Died:1976.12.21 († 68)

Bishop of Tamale (Ghana) (1957.04.12 – 1972.06.23)

Bishop Gerard Bertrand, M. Afr.
(1950.04.18 – 1957.04.12)

Salus afrorum

Born:1911.01.27 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:1938.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:1948.10.20
Died:1976.01.23 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Abitinæ (1948.06.10 – 1950.04.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Navrongo (Ghana) (1948.06.10 – 1950.04.18)

Bishop of Tamale (Ghana) (1950.04.18 – 1957.04.12)

Bishop of Navrongo (Ghana) (1957.04.12 – 1973.04.13)


as of 2013.06.08

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