Cape Coast Archdiocese
| Cape Coast Archdiocese | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ghana |
| Diocesan bishop | Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Matthias Kobena Nketsiah |
| founding | 1879 |
| surface | 9,788 km² |
| Parishes | 55 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,003,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 364,867 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 18.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 128 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 14 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,569 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 36 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 109 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | St. Francis de Sales Cathedral |
| Website | www.archcapegh.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Bishopric Sekondi-Takoradi Bishopric Wiawso |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast ( Latin Archidioecesis A Litore Aureo ) is in Ghana situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Cape Coast . It covers part of the Central Region .
history
Pope Leo XIII. founded the Apostolic Prefecture Gold Coast on February 2, 1879 from cession of territory by the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guinea . On May 25, 1901, it was raised to the rank of Apostolic Vicariate .
With the bull Laeto accepimus on April 18, 1950, it was raised to the rank of metropolitan archbishopric.
It lost parts of its territory in favor of the establishment of the following dioceses:
- June 28, 1895 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Ivory Coast ;
- March 15, 1923 to the Apostolic Vicariate of Lower Volta ;
- February 2, 1932 to the Apostolic Vicariate of Kumasi ;
- December 2, 1943 to the Apostolic Prefecture of Accra ;
- November 20, 1969 to the Sekondi-Takoradi diocese. 8
Ordinaries
Apostolic Prefects of Gold Coast
- Ange Gaudeul SMA (1877 - 1886, died)
- Joseph Pellat SMA ( 1886-1893 , died)
- Jean-Marie Michon SMA (1894 - 1895, died)
- Maximilian Albert SMA (September 16, 1895 - May 25, 1901)
Vicars Apostolic of Gold Coast
- Maximilian Albert SMA (May 25, 1901 - December 15, 1903, died)
- Isidore Klaus SMA (March 4, 1904 - November 20, 1905, died)
- François-Ignace Hummel SMA (March 6, 1906 - March 13, 1924, died)
- Ernest Hauger SMA (February 13, 1925 - November 14, 1932, resigned)
- William Thomas Porter SMA (April 25, 1933 - April 18, 1950)
Archbishops of Cape Coast
- William Thomas Porter SMA (April 18, 1950 - May 15, 1959, resigned)
- John Kodwo Amissah (December 19, 1959 - September 22, 1991, died)
- Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson (October 6, 1992 - October 24, 2009, then President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace )
- Matthias Kobena Nketsiah (May 31, 2010 - May 11, 2018)
- Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle (since May 11, 2018)
statistics
| year | population | priest | Permanent deacons | Religious | Parishes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catholics | Residents | % | Total number |
Diocesan priest |
Religious priest |
Catholics per priest |
Friars | Religious sisters | |||
| 1950 | 120,494 | 716.286 | 16.8 | 55 | 10 | 45 | 2,190 | 2 | 26th | 18th | |
| 1959 | 195.505 | 910,000 | 21.5 | 84 | 20th | 64 | 2,327 | 13 | 38 | 26th | |
| 1969 | 285.079 | 1,675,000 | 17.0 | 76 | 29 | 47 | 3,751 | 63 | 67 | 24 | |
| 1980 | 175,947 | 1,028,000 | 17.1 | 44 | 17th | 27 | 3,998 | 39 | 48 | 13 | |
| 1990 | 215,422 | 1,252,396 | 17.2 | 70 | 56 | 14th | 3,077 | 35 | 66 | 13 | |
| 1998 | 259.198 | 1,934,120 | 13.4 | 85 | 77 | 8th | 3,049 | 1 | 17th | 101 | 20th |
| 2001 | 269.029 | 1,587,940 | 16.9 | 101 | 91 | 10 | 2,663 | 21st | 104 | 21st | |
| 2002 | 275.391 | 1,603,819 | 17.2 | 104 | 93 | 11 | 2,647 | 22nd | 96 | 21st | |
| 2003 | 282,774 | 1,595,879 | 17.7 | 90 | 79 | 11 | 3.141 | 1 | 27 | 104 | 23 |
| 2004 | 287,598 | 1,603,858 | 17.9 | 97 | 85 | 12 | 2,964 | 24 | 108 | 25th | |
| 2006 | 293.131 | 1,699,105 | 17.3 | 109 | 99 | 10 | 2,689 | 31 | 112 | 41 | |
| 2013 | 377,398 | 1,875,000 | 20.1 | 124 | 113 | 11 | 3,043 | 1 | 31 | 108 | 52 |
See also
Web links
- Entry on Archdiocese of Cape Coast on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
- Entry on Archdiocese of Cape Coast on gcatholic.org (English)