Diocese of Sekondi–Takoradi, Ghana

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sekondi–Takoradi / Sekondien(sis)–Takoradien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cape Coast

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Stella Maris

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1969.11.20: Established as Diocese of Sekondi–Takoradi / Sekondien(sis)–Takoradien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Coast and became suffragan of Cape Coast)
1999.12.22: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Wiawso

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.06.24 – ...):

Bishop John Baptist Attakruh (67)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sekondi–Takoradi (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Baptist Attakruh (67)
(2021.06.24 – ...)

Bishop of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana)

Strengthen your brethren

Born:	1957.10.13 (Juabo, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1989.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.09.24

Priest of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana) (1989.07.30 – 2021.06.24)

Apostolic Administrator of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana) (2020.07.31 – 2021.06.24)

Bishop of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana) (2021.06.24 – ...)

Fr. John Baptist Attakruh (67) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.07.31 – 2021.06.24)

Bishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. (66) (later Archbishop)
(2014.07.03 – 2019.01.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra (Ghana)

Surgamus et ædificemus

Born:	1958.04.26 (Powa, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1988.07.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.09.13

Bishop of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana) (2014.07.03 – 2019.01.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra (Ghana) (2019.01.02 – ...)

Archbishop Matthias Kobena Nketsiah (82)
(Apostolic Administrator 2011.12.14 – 2014.07.03)

Bishop John Martin Darko
(1998.06.27 – 2011.12.14)

Born:	1945.05.30 (Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1976.07.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.10.10
Died:	2013.01.12 († 67)

Bishop of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana) (1998.06.27 – 2011.12.14)

Bishop Charles Kweku Sam
(1981.11.30 – 1998.01.13)

Born:	1940.02.02 (Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1967.07.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.01.06
Died:	1998.01.13 († 57)

Bishop of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana) (1981.11.30 – 1998.01.13)

Bishop Joseph Amihere Essuah
(1969.11.20 – 1980.10.07)

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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Our Lady Star of the Sea Cathedral, Takoradi, Western
Former Cathedral: Pro-Cathedral of St. Paul, Sekondi, Western

Grand-Bassam (←), Wiawso (↖), Cape Coast (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,570 km²

Population: 501,180 Catholics (19.3% of 2,594,480 total)

Pastoral Centres: 70 parishes, 6 missions

Personnel: 143 priests (127 diocesan, 16 religious), 55 religious (26 brothers, 29 sisters), 64 seminarians