Diocese of Obuasi
Obuasien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Obuasi, Ghana
The Diocese of Obuasi in Ghana was erected in 1995 as a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kumasi. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Thomas and Bishop John Yaw Afoakwah has led it since 2014.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 March 1995
- Latin
- Obuasien(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Thomas
- Annuario code
- 001002441
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 93,687
- Population
- 934,808
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 10.0%
- Priests
- 74
- Catholics per priest
- 1,266
- Extent
- 6,350 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 15
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 Yaw Afoakwa
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. Thomas, Obuasi stands in Obuasi, 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 GoasoGoaso
- Diocese of Konongo–MampongKonongo–Mampong
- 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 Roman Catholic Diocese of Obuasi (Latin: Obuasien(sis)) has its seat in the city of Obuasi.
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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.