Diocese of Koforidua, Ghana

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Koforidua / Koforiduan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Accra

1992.07.06: Established as Diocese of Koforidua / Koforiduan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Accra and became suffragan of Accra)
2007.06.12: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Donkorkrom

Bishop (2006.04.12 – ...):

Bishop Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum (70)

Bishops of Koforidua (Roman Rite)

Bishop Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum (70)
(2006.04.12 – ...)

Priest of Accra (Ghana) (1983.07.17 – 1992.07.06)

Priest of Koforidua (Ghana) (1992.07.06 – 2006.04.12)

Bishop of Koforidua (Ghana) (2006.04.12 – ...)

Bishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle (74) (later Archbishop)
(1992.07.06 – 2005.03.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana)

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 – ...)

Area: 18,600 km²

Population: 256,777 Catholics (8.5% of 3,025,653 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes, 21 missions

Personnel: 101 priests (86 diocesan, 15 religious), 114 religious (48 brothers, 66 sisters), 49 seminarians