Nunciature to Ghana

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Bishop(s) Vacant

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Nunciature Elevated: 14 June 1976 Diplomatic Post Country: Ghana Mailing Address: P.O. Box 9675 Airport, Airport Residential Area, 14 Drake Avenue, Accra, Ghana Telephone: (233-30)277.77.59 Fax: 277.40.19

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Girolamo Prigione † (2 Oct 1973 Appointed - 28 Apr 1976 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Nigeria)
• Giuseppe Ferraioli † (14 Jun 1976 Appointed - 21 Jul 1981 Appointed, Apostolic Pro-Nuncio to Kenya)
• Ivan Cornelius Dias † (8 May 1982 Appointed - 20 Jun 1987 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Korea)
• Giuseppe Bertello (17 Oct 1987 Appointed - 12 Jan 1991 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Rwanda)
• Abraham Kattumana † (8 May 1991 Appointed - 16 Dec 1992 Appointed, Official of the Roman Curia - Other)
• André Pierre Louis Dupuy (6 Apr 1993 Appointed - 27 Mar 2000 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Venezuela)
• George Kocherry (10 Jun 2000 Appointed - 22 Dec 2007 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe)
• Léon Kalenga Badikebele † (1 Mar 2008 Appointed - 22 Feb 2013 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to El Salvador)
• Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich (17 Aug 2013 Appointed - 19 Mar 2019 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to Slovenia)
• Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński (3 May 2020 Appointed - 16 Apr 2024 Appointed, Apostolic Nuncio to South Africa)

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
14 June 1976	Elevated	Delegation to Ghana	Nunciature to Ghana

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Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Giuseppe Bertello (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 17 Oct 1987 to 12 Jan 1991)
• André Pierre Louis Dupuy (Apostolic Nuncio: 6 Apr 1993 to 27 Mar 2000)
• Henryk Mieczysław Jagodziński (Apostolic Nuncio: 3 May 2020 to 16 Apr 2024)
• George Kocherry (Apostolic Nuncio: 10 Jun 2000 to 22 Dec 2007)
• Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich (Apostolic Nuncio: 17 Aug 2013 to 19 Mar 2019)

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Ivan Cornelius Dias † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 8 May 1982 to 20 Jun 1987)
• Giuseppe Ferraioli † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 14 Jun 1976 to 21 Jul 1981)
• Léon Kalenga Badikebele † (Apostolic Nuncio: 1 Mar 2008 to 22 Feb 2013)
• Abraham Kattumana † (Apostolic Pro-Nuncio: 8 May 1991 to 16 Dec 1992)
• Girolamo Prigione † (Apostolic Delegate: 2 Oct 1973 to 28 Apr 1976)

Source(s)

Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 68, Page 399

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