Justice Akrofi

The Most Reverend Dr. Justice Ofei Akrofi (b. 1942) is the Anglican Bishop of Accra (Ghana) and Archbishop (primate) of the Church of the Province of West Africa. He was elected to that position in 2003.

[edit] Education

Archbishop Akrofi studied in Ghana and in the United States at Central Connecticut State College (now a university), receiving there B.Sc. and M.Ed. degrees, and Yale, where he graduated in 1976 with a Master of Divinity degree. Later, he taught at Cape Coast University and the University of Ghana before serving as dean of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Accra and later as Bishop of Accra since 1996. In 2000, Akrofi received an honorary doctorate from Central Connecticut State University.

The archbishop is married to physician Dr. Maria Eugenia Akrofi, and they have had two children together.

Like many African prelates, Akrofi is widely regarded as a conservative christian in the Anglican Communion and was one of the first people to break communion with the Episcopal Church USA.