Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast
The Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast (Template:Lang-la) is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Cape Coast in Ghana. The Archdiocese has been generous in supplying priests for underserved areas of the United States; for example, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Texas in the Victoria, Texas area, 16 of the 64 priests are from Ghana- many have been incardinated into (became part of the official body of priest clergy) the diocese and have become U.S. citizens, serving as pastors of church parishes.
History
- 27 September 1879: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of Gold Coast from the Apostolic Vicariate of Two Guineas in Gabon
- 25 May 1901: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Gold Coast
- 18 April 1950: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cape Coast
Special churches
The seat of the archbishop is St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in Cape Coast.
Ordinaries
- Vicars Apostolic of Gold Coast (Latin Rite)
- Maximilien Albert, S.M.A. (16 Sep 1895 - 15 Dec 1903 )
- Isidore Klaus, S.M.A. (4 Mar 1904 - 20 Nov 1905 )
- François-Ignace Hummel, S.M.A. (6 Mar 1906 - 13 Mar 1924 )
- Ernest Hauger, S.M.A. (13 Feb 1925 - 14 Nov 1932)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Cape Coast (Roman rite)
- William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. (25 Apr 1933 - 15 May 1959 )
- John Kodwo Amissah (19 Dec 1959 - 22 Sep 1991 Died)
- Peter Turkson (6 Oct 1992 - 24 Oct 2009)
- Matthias Kobena Nketsiah (31 May 2010 - ); previously auxiliary bishop of Cape Coast