Archdiocese of Accra
Accraën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Accra, Ghana
The Archdiocese of Accra is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese covering the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, established in 1893 and elevated to a metropolitan see in 1992. Its seat is Holy Spirit Cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 July 1992
- Latin
- Accraën(sis)
- Patron
- Immaculate Heart of Mary, Peter Claver, Martin de Porres and the Martyrs of Uganda
- Annuario code
- 001000593
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 151,728
- Population
- 2,291,352
- Catholic share
- 6.6%
- Priests
- 103
- Catholics per priest
- 1,473
- Extent
- 3,255 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 47
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Holy Spirit Cathedral stands in Accra, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Accra
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of DonkorkromDonkorkrom
- Diocese of HoHo
- Diocese of JasikanJasikan
- Diocese of Keta–AkatsiKeta–Akatsi
- Diocese of KoforiduaKoforidua
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Accra in Ghana, this Roman Catholic archdiocese (Latin: Accraën(sis)) extends over the Greater Accra Region and parts of the Volta Region, where it counts 62 parishes and rectories. Its suffragan dioceses are Ho, Koforidua, Jasikan and Keta-Akatsi. In Latin the see is styled Archidioecesis Accraënsis; its corporate title is Archdiocese of Accra.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].