Diocese of Sunyani
Sunyanien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sunyani, Ghana
The Diocese of Sunyani is a Latin-rite diocese in the Bono Region of Ghana, erected on 30 March 1973 from the Diocese of Kumasi. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Kumasi and has been led since 2003 by Bishop Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 March 1973
- Latin
- Sunyanien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001003126
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 177,381
- Population
- 1,995,893
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 8.9%
- Priests
- 108
- Catholics per priest
- 1,642
- Extent
- 6,408 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 28
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
- Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi
- Born
- 11 August 1957
- Birthplace
- Wamanafo
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
Christ the King Cathedral stands in Sunyani, 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 ObuasiObuasi
- Diocese of TechimanTechiman
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Ghana, the city of Sunyani hosts this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Sunyanien(sis)), a member of the ecclesiastical province of Kumasi. Christ the King Cathedral serves as its cathedral parish.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Bishop's House, P.O. Box 450, Sunyani, Bono Region, Ghana
- Telephone
- 592.352.871
- info@cdsunyani.org
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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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.