Archdiocese of Tamale
| Archdiocese of Tamale | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Ghana |
| Diocesan bishop | Philip Naameh |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Gregory Ebolawola Kpiebaya |
| founding | January 11, 1926 |
| surface | 7,383 km² |
| Parishes | 13 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 889,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 17,157 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 1.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 34 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 15 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 350 |
| Friars | 49 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 40 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Our Lady of Annunciation Cathedral |
| address | PO Box 42 Gumbehini Rd. Tamale, NR Ghana |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Damongo Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocese of Wa Diocese of Yendi |
The Erzbistum Tamale ( latin Archidioecesis Tamalensis ) is an in Ghana preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Tamale . The mother church of the Archdiocese is the Cathedral of Our Lady Of Annunciation in Tamale.
history
The forerunner of today's archbishopric was the Apostolic Prefecture of Navrongo , which was founded on January 11, 1926 by Pope Pius XI. was established with cessions of territory from the Vicariate Apostolic Ouagadougou ; the first prefect was Oscar Morin MAfr . In 1934 the prefecture was elevated to a vicariate . By Pope Pius XII. 1950 the elevation to the diocese of Tamale; the first bishop was the Apostolic Episcopal Vicar Gérard Bertrand MAfr . Pope Paul VI 1977 elevated the diocese to an archbishopric ; the first archbishop was Peter Poreku Dery .
The suffragan dioceses Navrongo-Bolgatanga (1956), Wa (1959), Damongo (1995) and Yendi (1999) were established.
Ordinaries
- Oscar Morin MAfr , Prefect from 1927 to 1934, Episcopal Vicar from 1934 to 1947
- Gérard Bertrand MAfr, Episcopal Vicar from 1948 to 1950, Bishop from 1950 to 1957
- Gabriel Champagne MAfr, bishop from 1957 to 1972
- Peter Poreku Dery , Bishop from 1974 to 1977, Archbishop from 1977 to 1994, Cardinal from 2006
- Gregory Ebolawola Kpiebaya , Archbishop of Tamale from 1994 to 2009
- Philip Naameh , Archbishop since 2010