Suffragan diocese Wa, Ghana
Diocese of Wa
Vaën(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Wa is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the Upper West Region of Ghana, erected in 1959 from the Diocese of Tamale. Francis Bomansaan was appointed bishop in 2024.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1959
- Catholics
- 343,240
- Priests
- 95
- Territory
- 18,476 km²
Parishes and churches
27 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St Theresa’s Minor BasilicaNandom · CathedralView parish
- St. Andrew’s CathedralWa · CathedralView parish
- All Saints ParishIsahView parish
- Holy Family ParishHamileView parish
- Immaculate Conception ParishKaleoView parish
- Immaculate Heart of Mary’s ParishDaffiamaView parish
- Mary Magdalene’s ParishKetuoView parish
- Naa Kirista ParishDonkuolu- DuotangView parish
- Nativity of Our Lady ParishKoView parish
- Our Lady of Lourdes ParishTumuView parish
- Queen of PeaceNadowliView parish
- Sacred Heart of Jesus ParishDomwin-BooView parish
- St Peter’s ParishLawraView parish
- St. Agustine’s ParishBulenga ChaguView parish
- St. Benedict’s ParishWaView parish
- St. Catherine of Siana Quaesai ParishBabileView parish
- St. Cecilia’s ParishManguView parish
- St. Charles Lwanga ParishWellembeleView parish
- St. George’s ParishPiinaView parish
- St. John the Apostle’s ParishFunsiView parish
- St. Joseph’s ParishJirapaView parish
- St. Lawrence Quaesai TizzaTown not recordedView parish
- St. Michael’s Quaesai ParishEremonView parish
- St. Paul’s ParishFielmuaView parish
- St. Raphael ParishHanView parish
- St. Thomas the Apostle’s ParishGwolluView parish
- St.Ignatius of Loyola ParishLassia TuoluView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Francis Bomansaan
- Born
- 19 January 1962
- Birthplace
- Kaleo
- Institute
- MISSIONARI D'AFRICA (PADRI BIANCHI)
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Andrew's Cathedral stands in Wa, 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
Seated in the city of Wa in Ghana, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wa (Latin: Vaën(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Tamale.