Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Coast, Ghana

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese , Primatial See of Ghana

Name: Cape Coast / a Litore Aureo (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Sekondi–Takoradi, Wiawso

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Immaculate Heart of Mary

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1879.09.27: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Gold Coast / Costa d’Oro (Italiano) / a Litore Aureo (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Deux Guinées)
1895.06.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Costa d’Avorio
1901.05.25: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Gold Coast / Costa d’Oro (Italiano) / a Litore Aureo (Latin)
1923.03.15: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Lower Volta
1932.02.02: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Kumasi
1943.12.02: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Accra
1950.04.18: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Coast / a Litore Aureo (Latin) (with suffragan sees Accra, Keta, Kumasi and Tamale)
1956.04.23: Gained suffragan see Navrongo
1959.11.03: Gained suffragan see Wa
1969.11.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Sekondi–Takoradi and gained suffragan see Sekondi–Takoradi
1973.03.01: Gained suffragan see Sunyani
1977.05.30: Lost suffragan sees Navrongo, Tamale and Wa
1992.07.06: Lost suffragan sees Accra and Keta–Ho
1995.03.03: Gained suffragan sees Konongo–Mampong and Obuasi
1997.10.24: Gained suffragan see Goaso
1999.12.22: Gained suffragan see Wiawso
2001.12.22: Lost suffragan sees Goaso, Konongo–Mampong, Kumasi, Obuasi and Sunyani

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2018.05.11 – ...):

Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle (74)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Cape Coast (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle (74)
(2018.05.11 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana)

Omnibus omnia factus sum

Born:	1950.06.15 (Axim, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1976.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.01.06

Priest of Accra (Ghana) (1976.12.12 – 1992.07.06)

Bishop of Koforidua (Ghana) (1992.07.06 – 2005.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra (Ghana) (2005.03.30 – 2018.05.11)

Vice-President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference (2016.10.14 – 2022.11.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana) (2018.05.11 – ...)

Archbishop Matthias Kobena Nketsiah (82)
(2010.05.31 – 2018.05.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cape Coast (Ghana)

Obedientia fidei

Born:	1942.04.14 (Kakomdo, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1970.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.02.03

Priest of Cape Coast (Ghana) (1970.07.19 – 2006.11.24)

Titular Bishop of Abaradira (2006.11.24 – 2010.05.31)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Coast (Ghana) (2006.11.24 – 2010.05.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana) (2010.05.31 – 2018.05.11)

Apostolic Administrator of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana) (2011.12.14 – 2014.07.03)

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (75)
(1992.10.06 – 2009.10.24)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Liborio
Chancellor of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences
Chancellor of Pontifical Academies of Sciences
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cape Coast (Ghana)

Vivere Christus est

Born:	1948.10.11 (Wassaw Nsuta, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1975.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.03.27
Created Cardinal:	2003.10.21

Priest of Cape Coast (Ghana) (1975.07.20 – 1992.10.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana) (1992.10.06 – 2009.10.24)

President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference (1997 – 2005.07)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Liborio (2003.10.21 [2004.04.18] – ...)

President of Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace (2009.10.24 – 2016.08.31)

Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (2016.08.31 – 2022.01.01)

President of Vatican COVID-19 Commission (2020.03.20 – 2022.01.01)

Chancellor of Pontifical Academies of Sciences (2022.04.04 [2022.06.06] – ...)

Chancellor of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (2022.04.04 [2022.06.06] – ...)

Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah
(1959.12.19 – 1991.09.22)

Born:	1922.11.27 (Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1949.12.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.06.16
Died:	1991.09.22 († 68)

Titular Bishop of Bencenna (1957.03.07 – 1959.12.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Coast (Ghana) (1957.03.07 – 1959.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana) (1959.12.19 – 1991.09.22)

President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference (1966 – 1973)

President of Association of the Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa (1983 – 1989)

Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A.
(Apostolic Administrator 1959.05.15 – 1959.12.19)

Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A.
(1950.04.18 – 1959.05.15)

Born:	1887.05.14 (England)
Ordained Priest:	1918.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.09.10
Died:	1966.06.16 († 79)

Prefect Apostolic of Northern Nigeria (Nigeria) (1930.04.08 – 1933.04.25)

Titular Bishop of Urusi (1933.04.25 – 1950.04.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana) (1933.04.25 – 1950.04.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana) (1950.04.18 – 1959.05.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Cape Coast (Ghana) (1959.05.15 – 1959.12.19)

Titular Archbishop of Lemnus (1959.05.15 – 1966.06.16)

Vicars Apostolic of Gold Coast (Roman Rite)

Bishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. (later Archbishop)
(1933.04.25 – 1950.04.18)

(see above)

Bishop Ernest Hauger, S.M.A.
(1925.02.13 – 1932.11.14)

In veritate et justitia

Born:	1873.10.05 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1896.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1925.05.24
Died:	1948.10.12 († 75)

Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana) (1925.02.13 – 1932.11.14)

Titular Bishop of Clazomenæ (1925.02.16 – 1948.10.12)

Bishop François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A.
(1906.03.06 – 1924.03.13)

Born:	1870.02.14 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1896.07.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1906.07.29
Died:	1924.03.13 († 54)

Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis (1906.03.06 – 1924.03.13)

Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana) (1906.03.06 – 1924.03.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Togo (Togo) (1918.01.11 – 1921)

Bishop Isidore Klaus, S.M.A.
(1904.03.04 – 1905.11.20)

Born:	1864.09.16 (Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1890.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1904.06.19
Died:	1905.11.20 († 41)

Titular Bishop of Tubunæ (1904.03.04 – 1905.11.20)

Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana) (1904.03.04 – 1905.11.20)

Bishop Maximilien Albert, S.M.A.
(1901.05.25 – 1903.12.15)

Born:	1866.08.16 (Germany)
Consecrated Bishop:	1901.07.21
Died:	1903.12.15 († 37)

Prefect Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana) (1895.09.16 – 1901.05.25)

Vicar Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana) (1901.05.25 – 1903.12.15)

Titular Bishop of Adriani (1901.05.27 – 1903.12.15)

Prefects Apostolic of Gold Coast (Roman Rite)

Fr. Maximilien Albert, S.M.A. (later Bishop)
(1895.09.16 – 1901.05.25)

(see above)

Fr. Jean-Marie Michon, S.M.A.
(1894 – 1895)

Died:

1895

Prefect Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana) (1894 – 1895)

Fr. Joseph Pellat, S.M.A.
(1887 – 1893)

Died:

1893

Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana) (1887 – 1893)

Fr. Ange Gaudeul, S.M.A.
(1877 – 1886)

Died:

1886

Pro-Prefect Apostolic of Gold Coast (Ghana) (1877 – 1886)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Matthias Kobena Nketsiah (82) (later Archbishop) (2006.11.24 – 2010.05.31)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop John Kodwo Amissah (later Archbishop) (1957.03.07 – 1959.12.19)