Diocese of Konongo–Mampong
Konongen(sis)-Mampongan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Konongo–Mampong, Ghana
The Diocese of Konongo-Mampong is a Latin Church diocese in the Ashanti Region of Ghana, created on 3 March 1995 from the dioceses of Kumasi and Sunyani. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Kumasi, with John Opoku-Agyemang appointed bishop in March 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 March 1995
- Latin
- Konongen(sis)-Mampongan(us)
- Patron
- St. Paul
- Annuario code
- 001001888
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 95,487
- Population
- 1,258,495
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 7.6%
- Priests
- 114
- Catholics per priest
- 838
- Extent
- 13,340 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.2
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
- John Opoku-Agyemang
- Born
- 15 August 1957
- Birthplace
- Kumawu
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. Paul Cathedral stands in Konongo–Mampong, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is St. Gabriel's Co-Cathedral, Konongo.
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 GoasoGoaso
- Diocese of ObuasiObuasi
- Diocese of SunyaniSunyani
- Diocese of TechimanTechiman
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within Ghana's ecclesiastical province of Kumasi, the city of Konongo-Mampong is the seat of a Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Konongen(sis)-Mampongan(us)).
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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.