Diocese of Wa
Vaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Wa, Ghana
The Diocese of Wa is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the Upper West Region of Ghana, erected in 1959 from the Diocese of Tamale. Francis Bomansaan was appointed bishop in 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 3 November 1959
- Latin
- Vaën(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Andrew
- Annuario code
- 001000131
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 343,240
- Population
- 829,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 41.4%
- Priests
- 95
- Catholics per priest
- 3,613
- Extent
- 18,476 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 19
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
- Francis Bomansaan
- Born
- 19 January 1962
- Birthplace
- Kaleo
- Institute
- MISSIONARI D'AFRICA (PADRI BIANCHI)
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. Andrew's Cathedral stands in Wa, 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 Tamale
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tamale.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TamaleTamale
- Diocese of DamongoDamongo
- Diocese of Navrongo–BolgatangaNavrongo–Bolgatanga
- Diocese of YendiYendi
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Wa in Ghana, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wa (Latin: Vaën(sis)) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Tamale.
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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.