The Church of the Province of West Africa is a province of the Anglican Communion, covering 17 dioceses in eight countries of West Africa, specifically in Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal and Sierra Leone. Ghana is the country with most dioceses, now numbering 11.
The Catholic Church in Ghana is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope in Rome.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Accra covers the Greater Accra Region and parts of the Volta Region. There are 62 parishes and rectories. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Accra is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Accra in Ghana which includes the suffragan dioceses of Ho, Koforidua, Jasikan and Keta-Akatsi. The Latin title of the archdiocese is Archidioecesis Accraënsis, and the corporate title is Archdiocese of Accra. The cathedral parish for the archdiocese is the Holy Spirit Cathedral.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tamale is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Tamale in Ghana.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ho is a diocese located in the city of Ho in the ecclesiastical province of Accra in Ghana.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jasikan is a diocese located in the city of Jasikan in the ecclesiastical province of Accra in Ghana.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Keta–Akatsi is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Accra in Ghana, yet still depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sekondi–Takoradi is a diocese located in the city of Sekondi-Takoradi in the ecclesiastical province of Cape Coast in Ghana.
The Catholic Diocese of Wiawso is a diocese located in Wiawso in the ecclesiastical province of Cape Coast in Ghana.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Konongo–Mampong is a diocese located in the city of Konongo–Mampong in the ecclesiastical province of Kumasi in Ghana.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Obuasi is a diocese located in the city of Obuasi in the ecclesiastical province of Kumasi in Ghana.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Yendi is a diocese located in the city of Yendi in the ecclesiastical province of Tamale in Ghana.
Joseph Oliver Bowers, SVD was a Catholic prelate from Dominica who served as Bishop of St. Johns–Basseterre from 1971 to 1981. He previously served as Bishop of Accra beginning in 1953. He was the first Black Catholic bishop from the Western Hemisphere, and the first ever to ordain Black priests. He was a member of the Divine Word Fathers.
The Most Reverend Charles Gabriel Angela Palmer- Buckle is a Ghanaian Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church, a former teacher and a key figure in the political scene in Ghana. He is currently the Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast and is the second Ghanaian native to become Archbishop of Accra. Installed in 2005, he became the 4th Ordinary for Accra since its establishment as a diocese. He was also the first Bishop of Koforidua.
Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary, is an all-boys boarding school, located at Effiduase, Koforidua, in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It was established in 1958 by Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers SVD as a Catholic seminary for boys who wished to become priests. Students are offered courses such as general arts, general science, business and visual arts to pursue and after their stay in the school, they have to sit for an external examination called the West African Senior School Certificate Examination to be placed in any of the tertiary institutions in the country.
The Apostolic Vicariate of Donkorkrom is a Latin Catholic missionary pre-diocesan jurisdiction in Eastern Ghana.
Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum is the Catholic Bishop of Koforidua, Ghana.
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