Peter Kwasi Sarpong

Peter Kwasi Sarpong is the former Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kumasi. He was born in Offinso, Ashanti.
He was ordained a priest on December 11, 1959, and incardinated into the clergy of the Diocese of Kumasi. Pope Paul VI appointed him Bishop of Kumasi on November 20, 1969. The Archbishop of Cape Coast, John Kodwo Amissah, consecrated him as bishop on March 8 of the following year. The co-consecrators were Joseph Amihene Essuah, Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi, and Peter Poreku Dery, Bishop of Wa. Pope John Paul II elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on January 17, 2002, and thus he was appointed Archbishop of Kumasi. On March 26, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation due to his age.
He has argued that the church in Africa is "not African enough".

Publications (selection)

The Sacred Stools of the Akans.Ecumenical Relations in Ghana, Gambia, and Uganda.Ghana in Retrospect.Girls Nubility Rites.Libation.Ancestral Stool Veneration in Asante.Dear Nana: Letters to My Ancestor.Cultural Perspectives on Ghana’s Development and Other Essays on Ghana at 50.Christian Reflection on Poverty.The One Honest Man.Odd Customs: Stereotypes and Prejudices.Archbishop Sarpong Explains Key Christian Topics. Culture and the Kingdom.

articles in the Encyclopedia Africana.