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Suffragan diocese Damongo, Ghana

Diocese of Damongo

Damongoën(sis)

The Diocese of Damongo, Ghana, was established on February 3, 1995, from the Archdiocese of Tamale, to which it is suffragan. Bishop Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier has led the diocese since December 17, 2010.

On the map

Esri
Damongo, Ghana, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1995
Catholics
17,172
Priests
39
Territory
29,000 km²

Parishes and churches

2 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier
Born
26 November 1961
Birthplace
Nandom

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The cathedral

St. Anne's Cathedral stands in Damongo, 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.

History

Damongo, a city in Ghana, is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Damongoën(sis)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Tamale.