Archdiocese of Accra
| Archdiocese of Accra | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ghana |
| Diocesan bishop | John Bonaventure Kwofie CSSp |
| founding | 1943 |
| surface | 3,255 km² |
| Parishes | 51 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Residents | 3,683,000 (December 31, 2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics | 180,432 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| proportion of | 4.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 74 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious priest | 42 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 1,555 |
| Friars | 75 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| Religious sisters | 88 ( 12/31/2006 / AP2007 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Holy Spirit Cathedral |
| Website | www.accracatholic.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Ho Diocese of Jasikan Diocese of Keta-Akatsi Diocese of Koforidua |
The Erzbistum Accra ( latin Archidioecesis Accraënsis ) is an in Ghana preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Accra . It includes the region Greater Accra Region .
history
Pope Pius XII founded the Apostolic Prefecture of Accra on December 2, 1943 from cessions of territory from the Vicariate Apostolic Gold Coast . With the Apostolic Constitution Si evangelicos fructus she was elevated to the Apostolic Vicariate on June 12, 1947 .
With the bull Laeto accepimus it was raised to the rank of diocese on April 18, 1950 and it was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Cape Coast as a suffragan diocese. With the bull Quae maiori , the diocese was raised to the rank of metropolitan archbishopric on July 6, 1992 by Pope John Paul II . On the same day it lost part of its territory in favor of the establishment of the diocese of Koforidua .
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefect of Accra
- Adolph Alexander Noser SVD (October 27, 1944 - June 12, 1947)
Vicar Apostolic of Accra
- Adolph Alexander Noser SVD (June 12, 1947 - April 18, 1950)
Bishops of Accra
- Adolph Alexander Noser SVD (April 18, 1950 - January 8, 1953, then Vicar Apostolic of Alexishafen )
- Joseph Oliver Bowers SVD (January 8, 1953 - January 16, 1971, then Bishop of Saint John's )
- Dominic Kodwo Andoh (July 3, 1971 - July 6, 1992)
Archbishops of Accra
- Dominic Kodwo Andoh (July 6, 1992 - March 30, 2005)
- Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle (March 30, 2005– May 11, 2018, then Archbishop of Cape Coast)
- John Bonaventure Kwofie CSSp (since January 2, 2019)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons |
Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number | Diocesan priest | Religious priest | Catholics per priest | male | Female | |||
| 1950 | 31,445 | 1,311,464 | 2.4 | 39 | 3 | 36 | 806 | 8th | 23 | ||
| 1957 | 55,531 | ? | ? | 53 | 4th | 49 | 1,047 | 8th | 43 | 5 | |
| 1970 | 125,100 | 1,347,764 | 9.3 | 82 | 1 | 81 | 1,525 | 115 | 87 | 22nd | |
| 1980 | 180,000 | 2,240,000 | 8.0 | 79 | 14th | 65 | 2,278 | 110 | 109 | 24 | |
| 1990 | 334.833 | 3,261,000 | 10.3 | 121 | 51 | 70 | 2,767 | 95 | 136 | 41 | |
| 1999 | 129,826 | 3,870,000 | 3.4 | 83 | 50 | 33 | 1,564 | 53 | 62 | 27 | |
| 2000 | 130,000 | 3,100,000 | 4.2 | 88 | 59 | 29 | 1,477 | 49 | 52 | 25th | |
| 2001 | 131,500 | 3,906,500 | 3.4 | 78 | 47 | 31 | 1,685 | 49 | 66 | 28 | |
| 2002 | 132.035 | 2,909,643 | 4.5 | 98 | 60 | 38 | 1,347 | 59 | 68 | 30th | |
| 2003 | 139,000 | 3,112,500 | 4.5 | 105 | 62 | 43 | 1,323 | 67 | 80 | 32 | |
| 2004 | 142,543 | 3,527,427 | 4.0 | 107 | 65 | 42 | 1,332 | 69 | 73 | 35 | |
| 2005 | 151.728 | 3,604,000 | 4.2 | 111 | 67 | 44 | 1,366 | 74 | 78 | 42 | |
| 2006 | 180,432 | 3,683,000 | 4.9 | 116 | 74 | 42 | 1,555 | 75 | 88 | 51 | |
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Archdiocese of Accra on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry on the Archdiocese of Accra on gcatholic.org (English)