Diocese of Keta-Akatsi
| Diocese of Keta-Akatsi | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ghana |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Accra |
| Diocesan bishop | Gabriel Edoe Kumordji SVD |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Anthony Kwami Adanuty |
| founding | 1923 |
| surface | 7,470 km² |
| Parishes | 12 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Residents | 858,000 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics | 132,136 ( 12/31/2013 / AP2014 ) |
| proportion of | 15.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 44 (31.12.2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,591 |
| Friars | 7 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| Religious sisters | 24 (December 31, 2013 / AP2014 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Christ the King Cathedral in Akatsi |
| Co-cathedral | St. Michael Co-Cathedral in Keta |
| Website | www.ketaakatsi.org |
The Bistum chum Akatsi ( lat. : Dioecesis Ketaënsis-Akatsiensis ) is an in Ghana preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Akatsi .
history
The diocese of Keta-Akatsi was founded on March 15, 1923 by Pope Pius XI. Established from the cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate Gold Coast and Togo as the Apostolic Vicariate of Lower Volta .
On April 18, 1950, the Apostolic Vicariate Untervolta was by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Laeto accepimus raised to the diocese and renamed the diocese of Keta . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Accra as a suffragan . The diocese of Keta gave on April 23, 1956 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Navrongo . On June 20, 1975, the diocese of Keta was renamed the Diocese of Keta-Ho . The diocese of Keta-Ho gave up on December 19, 1994 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Jasikan . On December 19, 1994, the diocese of Keta- Ho was divided into the dioceses of Keta-Akatsi and Ho by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Venerabiles Fratres .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Vicars of Lower Volta
- Augustin Hermann SMA , 1923–1945
- Joseph Gerald Holland SMA, 1946–1950
Bishops of Keta
- Joseph Gerald Holland SMA, 1950–1953
- Antoon Konings SMA, 1954-1975
Bishops of Keta-Ho
- Antoon Konings SMA, 1975-1976
- Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu , 1976–1994, then Bishop of Ho
Bishops of Keta-Akatsi
- Anthony Kwami Adanuty , 1994-2016
- Gabriel Edoe Kumordji SVD , since 2017
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Keta-Akatsi (English)
- Entry on the diocese of Keta-Akatsi on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved April 7, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Laeto accepimus , AAS 42 (1950), n.12, p. 615ff.
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Venerabiles Fratres , AAS 87 (1995), n.7, p. 601f.