• Source: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast

    • 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 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.


    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)
    Matthias Kobena Nketsiah (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
    Joseph Amihere Essuah, appointed Bishop of Kumasi in 1962


    Suffragan Dioceses


    Sekondi–Takoradi
    Wiawso


    See also


    Catholicism in Ghana


    References

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