Diocese of Damongo
| Diocese of Damongo | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ghana |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tamale |
| Diocesan bishop | Peter Angkyier |
| founding | 1995 |
| surface | 25,909 km² |
| Parishes | 13 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 334.060 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 26,504 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 7.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 33 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 736 |
| Friars | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 31 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Anne's Cathedral |
| Website | http://damongodiocese.org/ |
The Bistum Damongo ( lat. : Dioecesis Damongoensis ) is an in Ghana preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Damongo . It includes the districts of West Gonja , Central Gonja , Bole and Sawla-Tuna-Kalba in the Savannah region . 22 ethnic groups live in the diocese.
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Nuper est petitum on February 3, 1995 from the cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Tamale , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Damongo
- Philip Naameh (February 3, 1995 - February 12, 2009, then Archbishop of Tamale )
- Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier (since December 17, 2010, installed on March 25, 2011)
See also
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- Episcopal Ordination and Installation of Most Rev. Peter Paul Y. Angkyier as Bishop of Damongo, Aduana Press, Sunyani (2011)
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Damongo - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Entry on the Diocese of Damongo on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on gcatholic.org (English)