Sekondi-Takoradi diocese
| Sekondi-Takoradi diocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ghana |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Cape Coast Archdiocese |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| founding | 1969 |
| surface | 15,570 km² |
| Parishes | 62 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 2,271,790 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 438,700 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 19.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 124 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 9 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,298 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 21 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 34 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Our Lady Star of the Sea Cathedral |
| Website | http://skdtdioc.org/ |
The Bistum Sekondi-Takoradi ( lat. : Dioecesis Sekondiensis-Takoradiensis ) is an in Ghana preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Sekondi-Takoradi .
history
The diocese Sekondi-Takoradi was on November 20, 1969 by Pope Paul VI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Quandoquidem from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Cape Coast and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On December 22, 1999, the Sekondi-Takoradi diocese gave up parts of its territory to establish the Wiawso diocese .
Bishops of Sekondi-Takoradi
- Joseph Amihere Essuah , 1969–1980
- Charles Kweku Sam , 1981-1998
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John Martin Darko , 1998-2011
- Matthias Kobena Nketsiah , 2011–2014 ( Apostolic Administrator )
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John Bonaventure Kwofie CSSp , 2014–2019, then Archbishop of Accra
- Sedis vacancy since January 2, 2019
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Quandoquidem , AAS 62 (1970), n.5, p. 267f.