Diocese of Keta–Akatsi
Ketaën(sis)-Akatsien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Keta–Akatsi, Ghana
The Diocese of Keta-Akatsi is a Latin Catholic suffragan see in the ecclesiastical province of Accra, Ghana. Erected as the Diocese of Keta in 1950 and renamed Keta-Akatsi in 1994, its seat is Christ the King Cathedral in Akatsi, with St. Michael's Cathedral in Keta as co-cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 December 1994
- Latin
- Ketaën(sis)-Akatsien(sis)
- Patron
- • Santísima Virgen María Inmaculada, • san Miguel Arcángel
- Annuario code
- 001001838
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 134,600
- Population
- 753,424
- Catholic share
- 17.9%
- Priests
- 90
- Catholics per priest
- 1,496
- Extent
- 7,470 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 18
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
- Bishop
- Gabriel Edoe Kumordji
- Born
- 24 March 1956
- Birthplace
- Accra
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DEL VERBO DIVINO (VERBITI)
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
Christ the King Cathedral, Akatsi stands in Keta–Akatsi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is St. Michael's Cathedral, Keta.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Accra
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Accra.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AccraAccra
- Diocese of DonkorkromDonkorkrom
- Diocese of HoHo
- Diocese of JasikanJasikan
- Diocese of KoforiduaKoforidua
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
A suffragan Latin diocese in Ghana's ecclesiastical province of Accra, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Keta-Akatsi (Latin: Ketaën(sis)-Akatsien(sis)) has its bishops' seat at Christ the King Cathedral in Akatsi. A co-cathedral, St. Michael's Cathedral, stands in the city of Keta.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Catholic Diocese, P.O. Box AK 90, Akatsi, Volta Region, Ghana
- Telephone
- [024]33.25.068
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].