Diocese of Damongo, Ghana 🇬🇭

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Damongo / Damongoën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tamale

Neighbouring Dioceses: Bondoukou (↙), Gaoua (↖), Wa (↑), Tamale (→), Techiman (↓), Sunyani (↓)

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1995.02.03: Established as Diocese of Damongo / Damongoën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tamale and became suffragan of Tamale)

Bishop (2010.12.17 – ...):

Bishop Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier (64)

Bishops of Damongo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier (64)
(2010.12.17 – ...)

Bishop of Damongo (Ghana)

Priest of Tamale (Ghana) (1992.08.15 – 1995.02.03)

Priest of Damongo (Ghana) (1995.02.03 – 2010.12.17)

Bishop of Damongo (Ghana) (2010.12.17 – ...)

Bishop Philip Naameh (77) (later Archbishop)
(1995.02.03 – 2009.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana)

Priest of Tamale (Ghana) (1977.12.16 – 1995.02.03)

Bishop of Damongo (Ghana) (1995.02.03 – 2009.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana) (2009.02.12 – ...)

President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference (2016.10.14 – 2022.11.10)

Bondoukou (↙), Gaoua (↖), Wa (↑), Tamale (→), Techiman (↓), Sunyani (↓)

Area: 23,342 km²

Population: 31,650 Catholics (8.2% of 387,470 total)

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes

Personnel: 39 priests (37 diocesan, 2 religious), 35 religious (7 brothers, 28 sisters), 11 seminarians