Recent Events

Fr. Simon Kofi Appiah was consecrated as Bishop of Jasikan (Ghana)

Fr. Gabriel Lionel Afagbegee, S.V.D., resigned as Apostolic Administrator of Francistown (Botswana)

Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands and Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Msgr. Cyrille Ikomba Mankelele Mambi, Priest of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa) and Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Fr. Simon Kofi Appiah, Priest of Jasikan (Ghana), was elected Bishop of Jasikan (Ghana)

Bishop Gabriel Akwasi Abiabo Mante resigned as Bishop of Jasikan (Ghana)

Fr. John Kwamevi Cudjoe, S.V.D., was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Calama and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich, Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands, was appointed as Permanent Representative to Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Fr. John Kwamevi Cudjoe, S.V.D., Priest of Society of the Divine Word (Verbites), was elected Titular Bishop of Calama and Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Fr. Ignatius Anipu, M. Afr., was consecrated as Bishop of Maradi (Niger)

Archbishop Jean-Marie Speich, Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia and Apostolic Delegate to Kosovo, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands

Fr. Ignatius Anipu, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Maradi (Niger)

Msgr. Julien Kaboré was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Milevum

Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński, Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho, Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa, Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia and Apostolic Nuncio to Eswatini, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Botswana

Fr. Francis Bomansaan, M. Afr., was consecrated as Bishop of Wa (Ghana)

Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński, Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho and Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Namibia and Apostolic Nuncio to Eswatini

Msgr. Julien Kaboré, Priest of Koupéla (Burkina Faso) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Titular Archbishop of Milevum and Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana

Msgr. Cyrille Ikomba Mankelele Mambi, Priest of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Popokabaka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Msgr. John Opoku-Agyemang was consecrated as Bishop of Konongo–Mampong (Ghana)

Fr. Gabriel Lionel Afagbegee, S.V.D., was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Francistown (Botswana)

Fr. Francis Bomansaan, M. Afr., was elected Bishop of Wa (Ghana)

Archbishop Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński, Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Lesotho and Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa

Msgr. John Opoku-Agyemang, Priest of Konongo–Mampong (Ghana) and Chaplain of His Holiness, was elected Bishop of Konongo–Mampong (Ghana)

Bishop Joseph Osei-Bonsu resigned as Bishop of Konongo–Mampong (Ghana)

Fr. Clement Kwasi Adjei, Priest of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana), was appointed as General Secretary of Ghana Bishops’ Conference

Fr. Lazarus Anondee resigned as General Secretary of Ghana Bishops’ Conference

Br. Francis Xavier Agoah, F.P.M., resigned as Superior General of Presentation Brothers

Fr. Samuel Nkuah-Boateng was consecrated as Bishop of Wiawso (Ghana)

Fr. Anthony Narh Asare was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Accra (Ghana)

Fr. John Kobina Louis was consecrated as Titular Bishop of Fesseë and Auxiliary Bishop of Accra (Ghana)

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello resigned as Member of Council of Cardinals

Fr. Anthony Narh Asare, Priest of Accra (Ghana), was elected Titular Bishop of Castellum in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Accra (Ghana)

Fr. John Kobina Louis, Priest of Accra (Ghana), was elected Titular Bishop of Fesseë and Auxiliary Bishop of Accra (Ghana)

Bishop Joseph Francis Kweku Essien resigned as Bishop of Wiawso (Ghana)

Fr. Samuel Nkuah-Boateng, Priest of Wiawso (Ghana), was elected Bishop of Wiawso (Ghana)

Cardinal Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea and Bishop of Wa (Ghana), passed away at 63

Archbishop Philip Naameh resigned as President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference

Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle resigned as Vice-President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, S.V.D., Bishop of Ho (Ghana), was appointed as Vice-President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference

Bishop Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, Bishop of Sunyani (Ghana), was appointed as President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title, Member of Council of Cardinals, President emeritus of Governorate of Vatican City State and President emeritus of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, reached the age of 80 and became ineligible to vote in a future conclave (Italy)

Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr., Bishop of Wa (Ghana) and President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar, was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Immacolata di Lourdes a Boccea

Archbishop George Kocherry resigned as Apostolic Nuncio to Bangladesh

Msgr. Matthew Yitiereh was consecrated as Bishop of Yendi (Ghana)

Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr, M. Afr., Bishop of Wa (Ghana), was appointed as President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar

Bishop Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai, S.V.D., resigned as Bishop of Yendi (Ghana)

Msgr. Matthew Yitiereh, Priest of Tamale (Ghana), was elected Bishop of Yendi (Ghana)

Archbishop Gregory Ebolawola Kpiebaya, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tamale (Ghana), passed away at 88

Bishop Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum, Bishop of Koforidua (Ghana), was appointed as Vice-President of Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson was appointed as Chancellor of Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Chancellor of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello, Cardinal-Deacon of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia and Member of Council of Cardinals, was appointed as Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia pro hac vice Title

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson resigned as Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and President of Vatican COVID-19 Commission

Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello resigned as President of Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and President of Governorate of Vatican City State

Fr. John Baptist Attakruh was consecrated as Bishop of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana)

Bishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D., Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana), was promoted as Archbishop ad personam

Fr. John Baptist Attakruh, Priest of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana) and Apostolic Administrator of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana), was elected Bishop of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana)

Fr. John Baptist Attakruh, Priest of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana), was appointed as Apostolic Administrator of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana)

Msgr. Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński was consecrated as Titular Archbishop of Limosano

Msgr. Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński, Priest of Kielce (Poland) and Prelate of Honour of His Holiness, was elected Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana and Titular Archbishop of Limosano

Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, Prefect of Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, was appointed as President of Vatican COVID-19 Commission