Archdiocese of Kumasi
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Kumasi in Ghana.
History
- 1932.02.02: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Kumasi from the Apostolic Vicariate of Gold Coast
- 1950.04.18: Promoted as Diocese of Kumasi
- 2002.01.17: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kumasi
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop and minor basilica is St. Peter’s Cathedral Basilica in Kumasi.Bishops
- Vicar Apostolic of Kumasi
- * Bishop Hubert Joseph Paulissen, S.M.A. ; see below
- Bishops of Kumasi
- * Bishop Hubert Joseph Paulissen, S.M.A. ; see above
- * Bishop André van den Bronk, S.M.A., appointed Prefect of Parakou, Benin
- * Bishop Joseph Amihere Essuah, appointed Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi
- * Bishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong ; see below
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Kumasi
- * Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong ; see above
- * Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah
- * Archbishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye
Auxiliary Bishop
- Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye, appointed Bishop of Obuasi; later returned here as Archbishop
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- John Yaw Afoakwa, appointed Bishop of Obuasi in 2013