Diocese of Goaso
Goasonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Goaso, Ghana
The Diocese of Goaso is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the Ahafo region of Ghana, erected in October 1997 from the Diocese of Sunyani. Its first and current bishop is Peter Kwaku Atuahene.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 October 1997
- Latin
- Goasonen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anthony of Padua
- Annuario code
- 001001497
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 63,533
- Population
- 805,180
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 7.9%
- Priests
- 65
- Catholics per priest
- 977
- Extent
- 6,654 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 9.5
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 Kwaku Atuahene
- Born
- 25 September 1956
- Birthplace
- Brosankro
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
Cathedral of St. Anthony of Padua, Goaso stands in Goaso, 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 Kumasi
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Kumasi.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of KumasiKumasi
- Diocese of Konongo–MampongKonongo–Mampong
- Diocese of ObuasiObuasi
- Diocese of SunyaniSunyani
- Diocese of TechimanTechiman
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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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.