Recent Events

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

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

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

Archbishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye resigned as Second Vice-President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar

Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele, Extra-Regional Observer emeritus to Central American Integration System (SICA), passed away at 62

Bishop Franklyn Atese Nubuasah, S.V.D., Apostolic Administrator of Gaborone (Botswana) and Bishop of Francistown (Botswana), was appointed as Bishop of Gaborone (Botswana)

Fr. John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D., was consecrated as Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom (Ghana)

Fr. Francis Obafemi Adesina was consecrated as Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria)

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

Fr. John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D., was elected Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom (Ghana)

Fr. Francis Obafemi Adesina, Priest of Oyo (Nigeria), was elected Bishop of Ijebu-Ode (Nigeria)

Bishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Sekondi–Takoradi (Ghana), was promoted as Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra (Ghana)

Br. Augustine Pufaadem Kubdaar, F.I.C., was appointed as Superior General of Brothers of the Immaculate Conception of Maastricht

Archbishop Matthias Kobena Nketsiah resigned as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana)

Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle, Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra (Ghana) and Vice-President of Ghana Bishops’ Conference, was appointed as Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Coast (Ghana)

Fr. Simon T. Faddoul was consecrated as Bishop of Annunciation of Ibadan of the Maronites (Nigeria)

Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador, Apostolic Nuncio to Belize and Extra-Regional Observer to Central American Integration System (SICA), was appointed as Apostolic Nuncio to Argentina

Apostolic Exarchate of Western and Central Africa (Maronite Rite) was promoted as Diocese of Annunciation of Ibadan (without ecclesiastical province) (Nigeria)

Fr. Simon T. Faddoul, Priest of Antélias of the Maronites (Lebanon), Apostolic Exarch of Western and Central Africa of the Maronites (Nigeria) and Apostolic Visitator in Southern Africa of the Maronites, was elected Bishop of Annunciation of Ibadan of the Maronites (Nigeria)