Archdiocese of Kumasi
Kumasien(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Kumasi, Ghana
The Archdiocese of Kumasi is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province of Kumasi in Ghana. Established as an apostolic vicariate in 1932 and elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese on 17 January 2002, it has been led by Archbishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye since 2012.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 22 December 2001
- Latin
- Kumasien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Peter the Apostle
- Annuario code
- 001001915
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 416,900
- Population
- 2,339,500
- Catholic share
- 17.8%
- Priests
- 163
- Catholics per priest
- 2,558
- Extent
- 1,865 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 224
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
- Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye
- Born
- 27 May 1960
- Birthplace
- Emenaa
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. Peter's Cathedral Basilica stands in Kumasi, 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 Kumasi
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GoasoGoaso
- Diocese of Konongo–MampongKonongo–Mampong
- Diocese of ObuasiObuasi
- Diocese of SunyaniSunyani
- Diocese of TechimanTechiman
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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].