Diocese of

Keta–Akatsi

Ghana

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Keta–Akatsi / Ketaën(sis)–Akatsien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Accra

Neighbouring Dioceses: Accra (↙), Koforidua (←), Ho (↖), Kpalimé (↑), Lomé (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Christ the King, St. Michael

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1923.03.15: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Lower Volta (English) / Volta Inferiore (Italiano) / de Volta Inferiore (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Gold Coast and Apostolic Vicariate of Togo)
1950.04.18: Promoted as Diocese of Keta / Ketæn(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Cape Coast)
1956.04.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Navrongo
1975.06.20: Renamed as Diocese of Keta–Ho / Ketæn(sis)–Hœn(sis) (Latin)
1992.07.06: Became suffragan of Accra
1994.12.19: Renamed as Diocese of Keta–Akatsi / Ketaën(sis)–Akatsien(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Diocese of Ho and Diocese of Jasikan)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2017.03.16 – ...):

Bishop Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D. (70)

Monsignors (12)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Keta–Akatsi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D. (70)
(2017.03.16 – ...)

Bishop of Keta–Akatsi (Ghana)

Adveniat regnum tuum

Born:	1956.03.24 (Accra, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1985.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.04.17

Prefect Apostolic of Donkorkrom (Ghana) (2007.06.12 – 2010.01.19)

Titular Bishop of Ita (2010.01.19 – 2017.03.16)

Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom (Ghana) (2010.01.19 – 2017.03.16)

Bishop of Keta–Akatsi (Ghana) (2017.03.16 – ...)

Bishop Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, S.V.D. (69)
(Apostolic Administrator 2016.04.07 – 2017.03.16)

Bishop Anthony Kwami Adanuty (86)
(1994.12.19 – 2016.04.07)

Bishop emeritus of Keta–Akatsi (Ghana)

Born:	1940.05.11 (Kpandu, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1966.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.05.28

Priest of Ho (Ghana) (1966.07.31 – 1994.12.19)

Bishop of Keta–Akatsi (Ghana) (1994.12.19 – 2016.04.07)

Bishops of Keta–Ho (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu (88)
(1976.04.10 – 1994.12.19)

Bishop emeritus of Ho (Ghana)

Born:	1937.11.19 (Hohoe, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1964.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.06.29

Priest of Keta (Ghana) (1964.05.18 – 1973.05.17)

Titular Bishop of Mascula (1973.05.17 – 1976.04.10)

Auxiliary Bishop of Keta–Ho (Ghana) (1973.05.17 – 1976.04.10)

Bishop of Keta–Ho (Ghana) (1976.04.10 – 1994.12.19)

President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference (1991 – 1997)

Bishop of Ho (Ghana) (1994.12.19 – 2015.07.14)

Bishop Antoon Konings, S.M.A.
(1975.06.20 – 1976.04.10)

Born:	1910.05.03 (Posterholt, Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1935.06.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.05.01
Died:	1991.05.11 (Cadier en Keer, Netherlands † 81)

Apostolic Administrator of Ho (Ghana) (1953 – 1954.02.21)

Bishop of Keta (Ghana) (1954.02.21 – 1975.06.20)

Bishop of Keta–Ho (Ghana) (1975.06.20 – 1976.04.10)

Bishops of Keta (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antoon Konings, S.M.A.
(1954.02.21 – 1975.06.20)

(see above)

Bishop Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A.
(1950.04.18 – 1953.05.07)

Born:	1905.09.16 (Liverpool, England)
Ordained Priest:	1928.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.10.13
Died:	1972.04.14 (Dun Laoghaire, England † 66)

Titular Bishop of Ammædara (1946.07.11 – 1950.04.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Lower Volta (Ghana) (1946.07.11 – 1950.04.18)

Bishop of Keta (Ghana) (1950.04.18 – 1953.05.07)

Titular Bishop of Cynopolis in Ægypto (1953.05.07 – 1970.12.07)

Vicars Apostolic of Lower Volta (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Gerald Holland, S.M.A.
(1946.07.11 – 1950.04.18)

(see above)

Bishop Augustin Hermann, S.M.A.
(1923.03.26 – 1945.04.08)

Born:	1879.12.08 (Turckheim, France)
Ordained Priest:	1902.07.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.07.13
Died:	1945.04.08 (Lomé, Togo † 65)

Titular Bishop of Bubastis (1923.03.26 – 1945.04.08)

Vicar Apostolic of Lower Volta (Ghana) (1923.03.26 – 1945.04.08)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu (88) (1973.05.17 – 1976.04.10)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Christ the King Cathedral, Akatsi, Volta
Co-Cathedral: St. Michael Co-Cathedral, Keta, Volta

Accra (↙), Koforidua (←), Ho (↖), Kpalimé (↑), Lomé (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,470 km²

Population: 82,267 Catholics (11.0% of 747,870 total)

Pastoral Centres: 38 parishes, 179 missions

Personnel: 90 priests (78 diocesan, 12 religious), 34 religious (12 brothers, 22 sisters), 22 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.06.29

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