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Diocese of Sunyani

Dioecesis Sunyaniensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 1 March 1973
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Kumasi
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelization
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Ghana
  • Square Kilometers: 19,500 (7,531 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: https://rcdsunyani.org/
  • Mailing Address: Bishop's House, P.O. Box 450, Sunyani, Ghana
  • Telephone: (035)20.27.379
  • Fax: 20.27.093

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
1 March 1973ErectedDiocese of Kumasi (Brong Ahafo) Diocese of Sunyani (erected)
3 March 1995Territory LostDiocese of Kumasi (Afígya-Sekyere, Asante-Akim North, Asante-Akim South, Ejisu-Juabeng, Ejura-Sekyedumasi, Kwabre, Sekyere East, and Sekyere West)
Diocese of Sunyani (Sene and Atebubu)
Diocese of Konongo-Mampong (erected)
24 October 1997Territory LostDiocese of Sunyani (Asunafo, Asutifì, Tano, and Ahafo Area) Diocese of Goaso (erected)
17 January 2002Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Sunyani (from Cape Coast)
28 December 2007Territory LostDiocese of Konongo-Mampong (Atebubu, Sene, and Pru)
Diocese of Sunyani (Techiman, Kintampo North, Kintampo South, and Nkoranza)
Diocese of Techiman (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1980119,635950,00012.6%727343,518303413ap1981
1990165,7771,268,00013.1%2820483,453278020ap1991
1999135,2031,600,0008.5%4416602,253256022ap2000
2000144,9051,603,0009.0%4112532,734246222ap2001
2001156,4811,603,0009.8%4411552,845195522ap2002
2002144,9051,609,0009.0%5112632,300135924ap2003
2003175,6241,987,0008.8%5913722,439235427ap2004
2004177,3811,995,8938.9%4614602,956235931ap2005
2007122,584737,65716.6%569651,88575427bul:28Dec08
2010160,050926,64717.3%4211533,019466933ap2011
2014174,938989,16217.7%6114752,332587735ap2015
2017187,9831,062,62117.7%7413872,160588440ap2018
2020199,4981,107,13018.0%84181021,955669553ap2021
2022203,3381,208,64916.8%90181081,8826910254ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 65, Page 290, and Page 291
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 94, Page 314, and Page 315

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