Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi {Latin: Kumasien(sis)} is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Kumasi in Ghana.

Contents 1 History 2 Special Churches 3 Leadership 4 Suffragan Diocese 5 See also 6 Source

[edit] History

• 1932.02.02: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kumasi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Gold Coast
• 1950.04.18: Promoted as Diocese of Kumasi
• 2002.01.17: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kumasi

[edit] Special Churches

The seat of the archbishop and minor basilica is St. Peter’s Cathedral Basilica in Kumasi.

[edit] Leadership

• Metropolitan Archbishops of Kumasi (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong since 2002.01.17
• Bishops of Kumasi (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong (1969.11.20 – 2002.01.17)
  • Bishop Joseph Amihere Essuah (1962.02.24 – 1969.11.20)
  • Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A. (1952.05.15 – 1962.02.13)
  • Bishop Hubert Joseph Paulissen, S.M.A. (1950.04.18 – 1952)
• Vicars Apostolic of Kumasi (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Hubert Joseph Paulissen, S.M.A. (1932.11.29 – 1950.04.18)

[edit] Suffragan Diocese

• Goaso
• Konongo–Mampong
• Obuasi
• Sunyani

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Ghana

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information