Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast {Latin: "a Litore Aureo"} is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Cape Coast in Ghana.
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
pecial Churches
The seat of the archbishop is St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in Cape Coast.
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)
uffragan Diocese
* Sekondi–Takoradi
* Wiawso
ee also
* Roman Catholicism in Ghana
ource
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/cape0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
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