Diocese of Koforidua
Koforiduan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Koforidua, Ghana
The Diocese of Koforidua is a Latin Church diocese in the Eastern Region of Ghana, created on 6 July 1992 from the Diocese of Accra. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Accra and has been led by Bishop Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum since 2006.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 6 July 1992
- Latin
- Koforiduan(us)
- Annuario code
- 001001878
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 201,335
- Population
- 2,100,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 9.6%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 3,948
- Extent
- 18,600 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
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
- Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum
- Born
- 22 December 1954
- Birthplace
- Akimu Swedru
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. George's Cathedral stands in Koforidua, 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 Accra
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Accra.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AccraAccra
- Diocese of DonkorkromDonkorkrom
- Diocese of HoHo
- Diocese of JasikanJasikan
- Diocese of Keta–AkatsiKeta–Akatsi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Koforidua, a city in Ghana, is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Koforiduana) within the ecclesiastical province of Accra.
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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.