Archdiocese of Cape Coast
A Litore Aureo
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Cape Coast, Ghana
Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Church in Ghana, established in 1879 as the Apostolic Prefecture of the Gold Coast and elevated to an archdiocese in 1950. Its cathedral, St. Francis de Sales, was the first Catholic cathedral in Ghana, and the see is led by Archbishop Charles Gabriel Palmer-Buckle.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 April 1950
- Latin
- A Litore Aureo
- Patron
- Immaculate Heart of Mary
- Annuario code
- 001001047
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 396,292
- Population
- 2,942,755
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 13.5%
- Priests
- 170
- Catholics per priest
- 2,331
- Extent
- 9,788 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 40
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
- Charles G. Palmer-Buckle
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. Francis de Sales Cathedral stands in Cape Coast, 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 Cape Coast
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Sekondi–TakoradiSekondi–Takoradi
- Diocese of WiawsoWiawso
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Ghana's ecclesiastical province of Cape Coast has as its metropolitan see the Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast (Latin: a Litore Aureo).
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.