Diocese of Sekondi–Takoradi
Sekondien(sis)-Takoradien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sekondi–Takoradi, Ghana
The Diocese of Sekondi-Takoradi in Ghana was erected in 1969 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cape Coast. Its bishop since 2021 is John Baptist Attakruh, and its patroness is Our Lady, Star of the Sea.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 November 1969
- Latin
- Sekondien(sis)-Takoradien(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady, Star of the Sea
- Annuario code
- 001003025
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 270,923
- Population
- 1,674,792
- Catholic share
- 16.2%
- Priests
- 136
- Catholics per priest
- 1,992
- Extent
- 12,681 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 21
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 Baptist Attakruh
- Born
- 13 October 1957
- Birthplace
- Juabo
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
Our Lady Star of the Sea Cathedral, Takoradi stands in Sekondi–Takoradi, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Saint Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Sekondi.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cape Coast
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cape Coast.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Cape CoastCape Coast
- Diocese of WiawsoWiawso
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].