Suffragan diocese Obuasi, Ghana
Diocese of Obuasi
Obuasien(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Obuasi in Ghana was erected in 1995 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kumasi. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Thomas and Bishop John Yaw Afoakwah has led it since 2014.
On the map
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- Established
- 1995
- Catholics
- 93,687
- Priests
- 74
- Territory
- 6,350 km²
Parishes and churches
44 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Thomas CathedralObuasi · CathedralView parish
- Christ The King ChaplaincyAkrokkerri College Of EducationView parish
- Corpus Christi RectorateAkapriso ObuasiView parish
- Holy Cross ParishNzema-AburasoView parish
- Holy Family ParishBogobiriView parish
- Holy Trinity ParishObuasiView parish
- Immaculate Heart Of Mary RectorateAbompeView parish
- Mother Of GodPoanoView parish
- Sacred Heart Of Jesus ParishBeposoView parish
- Sacred Heart Of Jesus ParishAkrokkeriView parish
- Sacred Heart ParishTredeView parish
- St Patrick RectorateBrahabebomeView parish
- St. Aloysius ParishFeresoView parish
- St. Andrew The Apostle ParishAhenema KokobenView parish
- St. Anthony Of Padua ParishJachieView parish
- St. Anthony ParishAgroyesumView parish
- St. Anthony ParishEseresoView parish
- St. Clement RectoratePramsoView parish
- St. Francis Xavier ParishManso NkwantaView parish
- St. Francis Xavier RectorateAdanse OdumasiView parish
- St. George ParishKuntanaseView parish
- St. George’s ParishAdansi FomenaView parish
- St. John The Baptist ParishNew EdubiaseView parish
- St. John The Baptist RectorateOfoase KokobenView parish
- St. John The Evangelist ParishBekwaiView parish
- St. Joseph ParishEsaase BontefufuoView parish
- St. Joseph RectorateHuntadoView parish
- St. Joseph RectorateKromoaseView parish
- St. Joseph The Worker ParishDwoaminView parish
- St. Louis RectorateBodwesangoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- John Yaw Afoakwa
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Thomas, Obuasi stands in Obuasi, 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
Within Ghana's ecclesiastical province of Kumasi, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Obuasi (Latin: Obuasien(sis)) has its seat in the city of Obuasi.