Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast {Latin: a Litore Aureo} is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Cape Coast in Ghana.

Contents 1 History 2 Special Churches 3 Leadership 4 Suffragan Diocese 5 See also 6 Source

[edit] History

• 1879.09.27: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Gold Coast from the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas in Gabon
• 1901.05.25: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Gold Coast
• 1950.04.18: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Coast

[edit] Special Churches

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

[edit] Leadership

• Metropolitan Archbishops of Cape Coast (Roman rite)
  • Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson since 1992.10.06
  • Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah (1959.12.19 – 1991.09.22)
  • Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. (1950.04.18 – 1959.05.15)
• Vicars Apostolic of Gold Coast (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. (1933.04.25 – 1950.04.18)
  • Bishop Ernest Hauger, S.M.A. (1925.02.13 – 1932.11.14)
  • Bishop François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. (1906.03.06 – 1924.03.13)
  • Bishop Maximilien Albert (1901.05.27 – 1903.12.15)

[edit] Suffragan Diocese

• Sekondi–Takoradi
• Wiawso

[edit] See also

• Roman Catholicism in Ghana

[edit] Source

• Giga-Catholic Information