Apostolic Vicariate Donkorkrom
Apostolic Vicariate Donkorkrom | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Ghana |
Metropolitan bishopric | Immediate |
Apostolic Vicar | John Alphonse Asiedu |
founding | 2007 |
surface | 4,285 km² |
Parishes | 9 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Residents | 226,343 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics | 24,342 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
proportion of | 10.8% |
Diocesan priest | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious priest | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Catholics per priest | 1,739 |
Friars | 7 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
Religious sisters | 18 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
The Apostolic Vicariate Donkorkrom ( Latin Vicariatus apostolicus Donkorkromensis ) is in Ghana situated Roman Catholic Apostolic Vicariate with headquarters in Donkorkrom .
history
The Apostolic Vicariate Donkorkrom was founded on December 12, 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. established from the cession of territory by the diocese of Koforidua as the Apostolic Prefecture of Donkorkrom . On January 19, 2010, the Apostolic Prefecture Donkorkrom was by Benedict XVI. raised to the apostolic vicariate.
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Donkorkrom
- Gabriel Edoe Kumordji SVD , 2007-2010
Apostolic Vicars of Donkorkrom
- Gabriel Edoe Kumordji SVD, 2010–2017, then Bishop of Keta-Akatsi
- John Alphonse Asiedu , since 2019