Suffragan diocese Wiawso, Ghana

Diocese of Wiawso

Viavsen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Wiawso is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the Western North Region of Ghana, erected in 1999 from the Diocese of Sekondi-Takoradi. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Cape Coast.

On the map

Wiawso, Ghana, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established: 1999
Catholics: 112,000
Priests: 49
Territory: 8,696 km²

Parishes and churches

29 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop: Samuel Nkuah-Boateng
Born: 6 May 1968
Birthplace: Sefwi Bosomoiso

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The cathedral

St. Joseph's Cathedral stands in Wiawso, 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 see

Rank: Suffragan diocese
Tradition: Latin Church
Erected: 22 December 1999
Latin: Viavsen(sis)
Patron: Saint Joseph
Annuario code: 001000152

The see in figures

Catholics: 112,000
Population: 597,163
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds: 18.8%
Priests: 49
Catholics per priest: 2,286
Extent: 8,696 km²
Catholics per km²: 13

Figures from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

How to reach it

Diocesan offices: Catholic Diocese, P.M.B. 77, Sefwi Wiawso, West Africa, Ghana
Telephone: [024]41.58.962

Contact the diocesan offices using the published details above.

The province of Cape Coast

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cape Coast.

The sees of this province:

Archdiocese of Cape CoastCape Coast
Diocese of Sekondi–TakoradiSekondi–Takoradi

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

Sees near here

Diocese of ObuasiObuasi8 km
Archdiocese of KumasiKumasi47 km
Diocese of Konongo–MampongKonongo–Mampong62 km
Diocese of GoasoGoaso111 km
Diocese of SunyaniSunyani137 km
Archdiocese of Cape CoastCape Coast139 km
Diocese of TechimanTechiman149 km
Diocese of Sekondi–TakoradiSekondi–Takoradi155 km

Measured see to see, from the point each record holds. On how the Church is ordered, see the diocese.

Sources

Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: [email protected].