Diocese of Konongo–Mampong
Konongen(sis)-Mampongan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Konongo–Mampong, Ghana
The Diocese of Konongo-Mampong is a Latin Church diocese in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, created on 3 March 1995 from the dioceses of Kumasi and Sunyani. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Kumasi, with John Opoku-Agyemang appointed bishop in March 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 March 1995
- Latin
- Konongen(sis)-Mampongan(us)
- Patron
- St. Paul
- Annuario code
- 001001888
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 95,487
- Population
- 1,258,495
- Catholic share
- 7.6%
- Priests
- 114
- Catholics per priest
- 838
- Extent
- 13,340 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.2
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
- John Opoku-Agyemang
- Born
- 15 August 1957
- Birthplace
- Kumawu
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
St. Paul Cathedral stands in Konongo–Mampong, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is St. Gabriel's Co-Cathedral, Konongo.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Kumasi
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kumasi.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KumasiKumasi
- Diocese of GoasoGoaso
- Diocese of ObuasiObuasi
- Diocese of SunyaniSunyani
- Diocese of TechimanTechiman
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within Ghana's ecclesiastical province of Kumasi, the city of Konongo-Mampong is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Konongen(sis)-Mampongan(us)).
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].