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Ghana

Seniority by Bishop Ordination

Ordained
Bishop		YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
22 Apr 1953 Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D.Bishop Emeritus of Saint John’s-Basseterre, Virgin Islands (British), Antilles
24 Nov 1968 Archbishop Girolamo PrigioneApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to México
8 Mar 1970 Archbishop Peter Kwasi SarpongArchbishop Emeritus of Kumasi
3 Oct 1971 Archbishop Dominic Kodwo AndohArchbishop Emeritus of Accra
29 Jun 1973 Bishop Francis Anani Kofi LodonuBishop of Ho
15 Mar 1975 Archbishop Gregory Ebolawola KpiebayaArchbishop of Tamale
19 Jun 1982 Ivan Cardinal DiasPrefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Roman Curia
28 Nov 1987 Archbishop Giuseppe BertelloApostolic Nuncio to Italy
6 Jan 1993 Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-BuckleArchbishop of Accra
27 Mar 1993 Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal TurksonArchbishop of Cape Coast
6 Jun 1993 Archbishop André Pierre Louis DupuyApostolic Nuncio to European Community
29 Jun 1994 Bishop Lucas AbadamlooraBishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga
Most Junior
1 May 2008 Archbishop Léon Kalenga BadikebeleApostolic Nuncio to Ghana
29 Mar 2008 Bishop Dominic Nyarko YeboahBishop of Techiman
3 Feb 2007 Bishop Matthias Kobena NketsiahAuxiliary Bishop of Cape Coast
1 Jul 2006 Bishop Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-AgyekumBishop of Koforidua
17 Jan 2004 Bishop Gabriel Justice Yaw AnokyeBishop of Obuasi
28 Jun 2003 Bishop Matthew Kwasi GyamfiBishop of Sunyani
21 Aug 2000 Archbishop George KocherryApostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe
25 Mar 2000 Bishop Joseph Francis Kweku EssienBishop of Wiawso
10 Jul 1999 Bishop Vincent Boi-Nai, S.V.D.Bishop of Yendi
10 Oct 1998 Bishop John Martin DarkoBishop of Sekondi-Takoradi
6 Jan 1998 Bishop Peter Kwaku AtuaheneBishop of Goaso
28 May 1995 Bishop Joseph Osei-BonsuBishop of Konongo-Mampong

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