Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi

The Archdiocese of Kumasi (Latin: Archidioecesis Kumasiensis ) is a location in Ghana Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Kumasi. It includes some western districts of the Ashanti Region.

History

Pope Pius XI. founded the Apostolic Vicariate of Kumasi with the Breve Cum diffusis on February 2, 1932 annexations of the Apostolic Vicariate of Gold Coast. On April 18, 1950, was raised to the rank of diocese and it was the Archdiocese of Cape Coast assumed as suffragan.

With the bull Ad Totius dominici it was collected on 22 December 2001 in the rank of Metropolitanerzbistums.

Parts of its territory it lost in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:

Ordinaries

Vicar Apostolic of Kumasi

  • Hubert Joseph Paulissen SMA, November 29, 1932-18. April 1950

Bishops of Kumasi

  • Hubert Joseph Paulissen SMA, April 18, 1950-15. November 1951
  • André van den Bronk SMA, May 15, 1952-13. February 1962, the then Prefect Apostolic of Parakou
  • Joseph Amihere Essuah, February 24, 1962-20. November 1969, then Bishop of Sekondi -Takoradi
  • Peter Kwasi Sarpong, November 20, 1969-17. January 2002

Archbishops of Kumasi

  • Peter Kwasi Sarpong 17 January 2002-26. March 2008
  • Thomas Kwaku Mensah, March 26, 2008-15. May 2012
  • Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye, since May 15, 2012

Statistics

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