Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tamale, Ghana

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Tamale / Tamalen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Damongo, Navrongo–Bolgatanga, Wa, Yendi

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

1950.04.18: Established as Diocese of Tamale / Tamalen(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Apostolic Vicariate of Navrongo and became suffragan of Cape Coast)
1956.04.23: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Navrongo
1959.11.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Wa
1977.05.30: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tamale / Tamalen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Navrongo–Bolgatanga and Wa)
1995.02.03: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Damongo and gained suffragan see Damongo
1999.03.16: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Yendi and gained suffragan see Yendi

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2009.02.12 – ...):

Archbishop Philip Naameh (76)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Tamale (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Philip Naameh (76)
(2009.02.12 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1948.09.08 (Nandom-Ko, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1977.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.05.28

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)

Archbishop Gregory Ebolawola Kpiebaya
(1994.03.26 – 2009.02.12)

Same mind as Christ Jesus

Born:	1933 (Kaleo, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1962.09.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.03.15
Died:	2022.05.31 (Tamale, Ghana † 88)

Bishop of Wa (Ghana) (1974.11.18 – 1994.03.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana) (1994.03.26 – 2009.02.12)

Archbishop Peter Proeku Dery (later Cardinal)
(1977.05.30 – 1994.03.26)

Apostolus Jesu Christi

Born:	1918.05.10 (Ko, Ghana)
Ordained Priest:	1951.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.05.08
Created Cardinal:	2006.03.24
Died:	2008.03.06 (Tamale, Ghana † 89)

Priest of Tamale (Ghana) (1951.02.11 – 1960.03.16)

Bishop of Wa (Ghana) (1960.03.16 – 1974.11.18)

Apostolic Administrator of Tamale (Ghana) (1972 – 1974.11.18)

Bishop of Tamale (Ghana) (1974.11.18 – 1977.05.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana) (1977.05.30 – 1994.03.26)

President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference (1982 – 1988)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina (2006.03.24 [2006.03.28] – 2008.03.06)

Bishops of Tamale (Roman Rite)

Bishop Peter Proeku Dery (later Cardinal)
(1974.11.18 – 1977.05.30)

(see above)

Bishop Peter Proeku Dery (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1972 – 1974.11.18)

Bishop Gabriel Champagne, M. Afr.
(1957.04.12 – 1972.06.23)

Born:	1908.04.23 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1935.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.06.09
Died:	1976.12.21 († 68)

Bishop of Tamale (Ghana) (1957.04.12 – 1972.06.23)

Bishop Gerard Bertrand, M. Afr.
(1950.04.18 – 1957.04.12)

Salus afrorum

Born:	1911.01.27 (Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1938.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1948.10.20
Died:	1976.01.23 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Abitinæ (1948.06.10 – 1950.04.18)

Vicar Apostolic of Navrongo (Ghana) (1948.06.10 – 1950.04.18)

Bishop of Tamale (Ghana) (1950.04.18 – 1957.04.12)

Bishop of Navrongo (Ghana) (1957.04.12 – 1973.04.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Our Lady of Annunciation Cathedral, Tamale, Northern

Damongo (←), Wa (↖), Navrongo–Bolgatanga (↑), Yendi (→), Jasikan (↘), Konongo–Mampong (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,383 km²

Population: 23,840 Catholics (2.1% of 1,141,480 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 78 priests (53 diocesan, 25 religious), 116 religious (66 brothers, 50 sisters), 6 seminarians