Church of the Province of West Africa
The Church of the Province of West Africa (to German Church of the Province of West Africa ) is a member church of the Anglican Communion in Western Africa and in 1979 into an independent Anglican Church Province . At their head ( primate ) is the Archbishop of West Africa.
The province comprises 16 dioceses in 8 countries:
diocese | Country | bishop |
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Diocese of Accra | Ghana , Accra | Justice Ofei Akrofi |
Diocese of Bo | Sierra Leone , Bo | Samuel Sao Gbonda |
Cape Coast Bishopric | Ghana , Cape Coast | Daniel Allotey |
Diocese of Dunkwa-on-Offin | Ghana , Dunkwa-on-Offin | Edmund Dawson Ahmoah |
Diocese of Freetown | Sierra Leone , Freetown | Thomas Arnold Ikunika Wilson |
Diocese of the Gambia |
Gambia , Banjul Senegal Cape Verde |
James Allen Yaw Odico |
Diocese of Guinea | Guinea , Conakry | Albert D Gomez |
Diocese of Ho | Ghana , Ho | Matthias Medadues-Badohu |
Diocese of Cameroon | Cameroon , Douala | Thomas-Babyngton Elango Dibo |
Diocese of Koforidua | Ghana , Koforidua | Francis Quashie |
Diocese of Kumasi | Ghana , Kumasi | Daniel Yinka Sarfo |
Diocese of Liberia | Liberia , Monrovia | Jonathan Bau-Bau Bonaparte Hart |
Sekondi diocese | Ghana , Sekondi-Takoradi | John Kwamina Otoo |
Diocese of Sunyani | Ghana , Sunyani | Festus Yeboah-Asuamah |
Diocese of Tamale | Ghana , Tamale | Emmanuel Anyindana Arongo |
Diocese of Viawso | Ghana , Wiawso | Abraham Kobina Ackah |
Archbishops (since 1979 also primates) of West Africa
- 1951–1955 Leslie Gordon Vining
- 1955–1961 James Lawrence Cecil Horstead (Bishop of Sierra Leone)
- 1961–1969 Cecil John Patterson
- 1969–1981 Moses Nathanael Christopher Omobiala Scott (Bishop of Sierra Leone)
- 1981–1982 Ishmael Samuel Mills Le-Marie (Bishop of Accra)
- 1982–1989 George Daniel Browne (Bishop of Liberia)
- 1993–2003 Robert Garshong Allotey Okine (Bishop of Koforidua-Ho)
- 2003–2012 Justice Ofei Akrofi (Bishop of Accra)
- 2012–2014 Solomon Tilewa Johnson (Bishop of Gambia)
- since 2014 Daniel Sarfo (Bishop of Kumasi)