Church of the Province of West Africa

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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 Anglican Holy Trinity Cathedral in Accra, Ghana

The province comprises 16 dioceses in 8 countries:

diocese Country bishop
Diocese of Accra GhanaGhana Ghana , Accra Justice Ofei Akrofi
Diocese of Bo Sierra LeoneSierra Leone Sierra Leone , Bo Samuel Sao Gbonda
Cape Coast Bishopric GhanaGhana Ghana , Cape Coast Daniel Allotey
Diocese of Dunkwa-on-Offin GhanaGhana Ghana , Dunkwa-on-Offin Edmund Dawson Ahmoah
Diocese of Freetown Sierra LeoneSierra Leone Sierra Leone , Freetown Thomas Arnold Ikunika Wilson
Diocese of the Gambia GambiaGambia Gambia , Banjul Senegal Cape Verde
SenegalSenegal 
Cape VerdeCape Verde  		James Allen Yaw Odico
Diocese of Guinea Guinea-aGuinea Guinea , Conakry Albert D Gomez
Diocese of Ho GhanaGhana Ghana , Ho Matthias Medadues-Badohu
Diocese of Cameroon CameroonCameroon Cameroon , Douala Thomas-Babyngton Elango Dibo
Diocese of Koforidua GhanaGhana Ghana , Koforidua Francis Quashie
Diocese of Kumasi GhanaGhana Ghana , Kumasi Daniel Yinka Sarfo
Diocese of Liberia LiberiaLiberia Liberia , Monrovia Jonathan Bau-Bau Bonaparte Hart
Sekondi diocese GhanaGhana Ghana , Sekondi-Takoradi John Kwamina Otoo
Diocese of Sunyani GhanaGhana Ghana , Sunyani Festus Yeboah-Asuamah
Diocese of Tamale GhanaGhana Ghana , Tamale Emmanuel Anyindana Arongo
Diocese of Viawso GhanaGhana Ghana , Wiawso Abraham Kobina Ackah

Archbishops (since 1979 also primates) of West Africa

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Diocese: Freetown (Sierra Leone)
  2. ^ Diocese: Gambia

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