Diocese of Obuasi
| Diocese of Obuasi | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ghana |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Kumasi |
| Diocesan bishop | John Yaw Afoakwa |
| founding | 1995 |
| surface | 6,350 km² |
| Parishes | 21 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Residents | 934,808 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics | 93,687 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| proportion of | 10% |
| Diocesan priest | 37 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,231 |
| Friars | 13 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| Religious sisters | 31 ( 12/31/2004 / AP2005 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Thomas Cathedral |
| Website | www.obuasidiocese.com |
The Bistum Obuasi ( latin Dioecesis Obuasiensis ) is an in Ghana preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Obuasi . It includes the districts of Obuasi, Amansie, Adansi and Bosomtwe-Atwima-Kwanwoma in the Ashanti region .
history
Pope John Paul II founded it with the Apostolic Constitution Apostolicum opus on March 3, 1995 from cession of territory by the Diocese of Kumasi and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cape Coast as a suffragan diocese.
On December 22, 2001, it became part of the Kumasi Church Province.
Bishops of Obuasi
- Thomas Kwaku Mensah , March 3, 1995 - March 26, 2008, then Archbishop of Kumasi
- Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye , March 26, 2008 - May 15, 2012, then Archbishop of Kumasi
- John Yaw Afoakwa , since November 22, 2014