Ghana

Oldest and Youngest Bishops

Birthdate	Age	Name	Current Title
Oldest
28 Mar 1910		Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D.	Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles
12 Oct 1921		Archbishop Girolamo Prigione	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to México
4 May 1929		Archbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh	Archbishop Emeritus of Accra
1933		Archbishop Gregory E. Kpiebaya	Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale
26 Feb 1933		Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong	Archbishop Emeritus of Kumasi
2 Feb 1935		Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah	Archbishop of Kumasi
14 Apr 1936		Ivan Cardinal Dias	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Roman Curia
19 Nov 1937		Bishop Francis Anani Kofi Lodonu	Bishop of Ho
20 Dec 1939		Bishop Paul Bemile	Bishop of Wa
13 Feb 1940		Archbishop André Pierre Louis Dupuy	Apostolic Nuncio to Netherlands
11 May 1940		Bishop Anthony Kwami Adanuty	Bishop of Keta-Akatsi
14 Apr 1942		Archbishop Matthias Kobena Nketsiah	Archbishop of Cape Coast
Youngest
26 Nov 1961		Bishop Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier	Bishop of Damongo
27 May 1960		Bishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye	Bishop of Obuasi
20 Jan 1959		Bishop Alfred Agyenta	Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga
11 Aug 1957		Bishop Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi	Bishop of Sunyani
25 Sep 1956		Bishop Peter Kwaku Atuahene	Bishop of Goaso
17 Jul 1956		Archbishop Léon Kalenga Badikebele	Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana
24 Mar 1956		Bishop Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D.	Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom
22 Dec 1954		Bishop Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum	Bishop of Koforidua
19 Dec 1953		Bishop Dominic Nyarko Yeboah	Bishop of Techiman
15 Jun 1950		Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle	Archbishop of Accra
11 Oct 1948		Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson	President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Roman Curia
8 Sep 1948		Archbishop Philip Naameh	Archbishop of Tamale

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