Archdiocese of Cape Coast


The Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Cape Coast in Ghana.
WWW archcapeghana.org

History

The archdiocese has been generous in supplying priests for underserved areas of the United States; for example, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Texas, 16 of the 64 priests are from Ghana. Many have been incardinated into the archdiocese, have become U.S. citizens, and serve as parish pastors.

Special churches

The seat of the archbishop is St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in Cape Coast.

Bishops

; Vicars apostolic of Gold Coast
  • Maximilien Albert, S.M.A.
  • Isidore Klaus, S.M.A.
  • François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A.
  • Ernest Hauger, S.M.A.
; Archbishops of Cape Coast
;Auxiliary bishops
  • John Kodwo Amissah, appointed Archbishop here
  • Matthias Kobena Nketsiah, appointed Archbishop here
;Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
  • Joseph Amihere Essuah, appointed Bishop of Kumasi in 1962

Suffragan dioceses