Diocese of Damongo
Damongoën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Damongo, Ghana
The Diocese of Damongo, Ghana, was established on February 3, 1995, from the Archdiocese of Tamale, to which it is suffragan. Bishop Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier has led the diocese since December 17, 2010.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 February 1995
- Latin
- Damongoën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anne
- Annuario code
- 001001272
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 17,172
- Population
- 410,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 4.2%
- Priests
- 39
- Catholics per priest
- 440
- Extent
- 29,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.6
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
- Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier
- Born
- 26 November 1961
- Birthplace
- Nandom
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. Anne's Cathedral stands in Damongo, 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 Tamale
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tamale.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TamaleTamale
- Diocese of Navrongo–BolgatangaNavrongo–Bolgatanga
- Diocese of WaWa
- Diocese of YendiYendi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Damongo, a city in Ghana, is the seat of this diocese (Latin: Damongoën(sis)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Tamale.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.