Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Kumasi

Ghana

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Kumasi / Kumasien(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Goaso, Konongo–Mampong, Obuasi, Sunyani, Techiman

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Peter

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1932.02.02: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kumasi / Kumasien(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Gold Coast)
1950.04.18: Promoted as Diocese of Kumasi / Kumasien(sis) (Latin) (became suffragan of Cape Coast)
1973.03.01: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Sunyani
1995.03.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Konongo–Mampong and Diocese of Obuasi
2001.12.22: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kumasi / Kumasien(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Goaso, Konongo–Mampong, Obuasi and Sunyani)
2007.12.28: Gained suffragan see Techiman

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1980.05)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2012.05.15 – ...):

Archbishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye (64)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Kumasi (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye (64)
(2012.05.15 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi (Ghana)

Non nobis Domine

Born:	1960.05.27 (Emenaa, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1988.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.01.17

Priest of Kumasi (Ghana) (1988.07.16 – 2003.10.30)

Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Mauretania (2003.10.30 – 2008.03.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Kumasi (Ghana) (2003.10.30 – 2008.03.26)

Bishop of Obuasi (Ghana) (2008.03.26 – 2012.05.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Obuasi (Ghana) (2012.05.15 – 2014.11.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi (Ghana) (2012.05.15 – ...)

Second Vice-President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (2013.09 – 2019.07.19)

Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah
(2008.03.26 – 2012.05.15)

Born:	1935.02.02 (Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1973.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.05.28
Died:	2016.04.10 († 81)

Bishop of Obuasi (Ghana) (1995.03.03 – 2008.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi (Ghana) (2008.03.26 – 2012.05.15)

Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong (91)
(2001.12.22 – 2008.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kumasi (Ghana)

Born:	1933.02.26 (Maase-Offinso, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1959.12.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.03.08

Priest of Kumasi (Ghana) (1959.12.11 – 1969.11.20)

Bishop of Kumasi (Ghana) (1969.11.20 – 2001.12.22)

President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference (1988 – 1991)

President of Association of the Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa (1996 – 2001)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi (Ghana) (2001.12.22 – 2008.03.26)

Bishops of Kumasi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong (91) (later Archbishop)
(1969.11.20 – 2001.12.22)

(see above)

Bishop Joseph Amihere Essuah
(1962.02.24 – 1969.11.20)

Born:	1908.08.21 (Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.06.17
Died:	1980.10.07 († 72)

Bishop of Kumasi (Ghana) (1962.02.24 – 1969.11.20)

Bishop of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana) (1969.11.20 – 1980.10.07)

Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A.
(1952.05.15 – 1962.02.13)

Born:	1907.12.24 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1931.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.12.29
Died:	1997.05.13 († 89)

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Delta del Nilo (Egypt) (1946.07.30 – 1950.03.23)

Titular Bishop of Tentyris (1946.07.30 – 1952.05.15)

Vicar Apostolic of Heliopolis of Egypt (Egypt) (1950.03.23 – 1952.05.15)

Bishop of Kumasi (Ghana) (1952.05.15 – 1962.02.13)

Titular Bishop of Thubunæ in Numidia (1962.02.13 – 1964.02.10)

Prefect Apostolic of Parakou (Benin) (1962.02.13 – 1964.02.10)

Bishop of Parakou (Benin) (1964.02.10 – 1975.09.29)

Bishop Hubert Joseph Paulissen, S.M.A.
(1950.04.18 – 1951.11.15)

Venator animarum

Born:	1881.11.01 (Netherlands)
Ordained Priest:	1904.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.02.11
Died:	1966.08.12 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Pomaria (1932.11.29 – 1950.04.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Kumasi (Ghana) (1932.11.29 – 1950.04.18)

Bishop of Kumasi (Ghana) (1950.04.18 – 1951.11.15)

Titular Bishop of Jonopolis (1951.11.15 – 1966.08.12)

Vicars Apostolic of Kumasi (Roman Rite)

Bishop Hubert Joseph Paulissen, S.M.A.
(1932.11.29 – 1950.04.18)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye (64) (later Archbishop) (2003.10.30 – 2008.03.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: St. Peter’s Cathedral Basilica, Kumasi, Ashanti

Wiawso (↙), Goaso (←), Techiman (↑), Konongo–Mampong (↗), Obuasi (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 1,865 km²

Population: 416,900 Catholics (17.8% of 2,339,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 72 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 163 priests (145 diocesan, 18 religious), 158 religious (58 brothers, 100 sisters), 55 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

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