Diocese of Koforidua (Roman Catholic)
Diocese of Koforidua (Roman Catholic) | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Ghana |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Accra |
Diocesan bishop | Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum |
founding | 1992 |
surface | 18,600 km² |
Parishes | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 2,388,900 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 226,725 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 9.5% |
Diocesan priest | 61 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 2,944 |
Friars | 49 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 83 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
Website | http://kofdiocese.org/ |
The Bistum Koforidua ( lat. : Dioecesis Koforiduana ) is an in Ghana preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Koforidua . It includes the Eastern Region with the exception of the Afram Plains District .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Quod iusta on July 6, 1992 from cession of territory from the Archdiocese of Accra , to which it was also subordinated as a suffragan diocese.
On June 12, 2007 it lost part of its territory to the Apostolic Prefecture Donkorkrom .
Bishops of Koforidua
- Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle , 1992–2005, then Archbishop of Accra
- Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum , since 2006