Roman Catholic Diocese of Sekondi–Takoradi

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sekondi–Takoradi () is a diocese located in the city of Sekondi-Takoradi in the ecclesiastical province of Cape Coast in Ghana.

History

• 20 November 1969: Established as Diocese of Sekondi–Takoradi from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Coast

Special churches

The cathedral is the Our Lady Star of the Sea Cathedral in Takoradi. The pro-cathedral is Saint Paul’s Pro-Cathedral in Sekondi.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Bishops of Sekondi–Takoradi (Latin Rite)
• Joseph Amihere Essuah (20 November 1969 – 7 October 1980)
• Charles Kweku Sam (30 September 1981 – 13 January 1998)
• John Martin Darko (27 June 1998 – 14 December 2011)
• John Bonaventure Kwofie, C.S.Sp. S.S.L. (3 July 2014 – 2 Janu ary2019), appointed Archbishop of Accra
• John Baptist Attakruh (since 24 June 2021)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Joseph Francis Kweku Essien, appointed Bishop of Wiawso in 1999

See also

• Catholicism in Ghana

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy