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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Damongo () is a
diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
located in the city of
Damongo Damongo is a town and the capital of West Gonja Municipal. It was declared the capital of the Savannah Region on 12 February 2019. Damongo is home to Bikunuto Jewu Soale I, the paramount chief of the Gonja Kingdom. The languages spoken in D ...
in the
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of
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in
Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...
.


History

* February 3, 1995: Established as Diocese of Damongo from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tamale


Special churches

The
Cathedral A cathedral is a church (building), church that contains the of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, Annual conferences within Methodism, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually s ...
is St. Anne's Cathedral in Damongo.


Leadership

*
Bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...
s of Damongo (Roman rite) ** Bishop Philip Naameh (February 3, 1995 - 2011), appointed Archbishop of Tamale ** Bishop Peter Paul Angkyier (since 2011)


See also

* Roman Catholicism in Ghana


Sources


GCatholic.org



Diocese of Damongo
Roman Catholic dioceses in Ghana Dioceses in Ghana Christian organizations established in 1995 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Tamale {{Ghana-stub