Bishop Ordained (Damongo)
DAMONGO BISHOP ORDAINED
Pledges loyalty to Church Most Rev. Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier was last Friday, March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, ordained as the second Bishop of Damongo at the grounds of the new St. Anne’s Cathedral, promising to be faithful in proclaiming the Gospel and build the Church entrusted to him. The ordination was witnessed by thousands of people from Ghana, Germany, and Burkina Faso. Bishop Angkyier thanked the Holy Father, the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) and the Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, Most Rev. Leon B. Kalenga, for the confidence reposed in him, promising total loyalty and obedience to the Catholic Church. He pledged to co-operate and collaborate with the Clergy, Religious and lay faithful in the Diocese to achieve the growth in the Church, show compassion to his flock and to look out for the strayed sheep.
He thanked those who ...
Pledges loyalty to Church Most Rev. Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier was last Friday, March 25, the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, ordained as the second Bishop of Damongo at the grounds of the new St. Anne’s Cathedral, promising to be faithful in proclaiming the Gospel and build the Church entrusted to him. The ordination was witnessed by thousands of people from Ghana, Germany, and Burkina Faso. Bishop Angkyier thanked the Holy Father, the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) and the Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, Most Rev. Leon B. Kalenga, for the confidence reposed in him, promising total loyalty and obedience to the Catholic Church. He pledged to co-operate and collaborate with the Clergy, Religious and lay faithful in the Diocese to achieve the growth in the Church, show compassion to his flock and to look out for the strayed sheep.
He thanked those who ...
New Bishop for Navrongo-Bolgatanga
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Reverend Father ALFRED AGYENTA as the new Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocese. The news was released on 5 April 2011 from the Apostolic Nunciature in Ghana by Archbishop Leon Kalenga, Apostolic Nuncio.
CURRICULUM VITAL OF REV. FR. ALFRED AGYENTA Rev. Fr. Alfred Agyenta was born in Wiagha, in the Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocese on 20th January 1959. He is the son of Sylvester Agyenta and Diana Agyenta. Fr. Agyenta had his elementary schooling in Wiagha from 1964-1974. He continued his education in Navrongo, in the Minor Seminary of the diocese from 1974-1979. He did his sixth form education in the Nandom Secondary School, in the diocese of Wa, from 1979-1981. He then entered the St. Victor’s Major Seminary in 1981 where he did his philosophical and theological studies. He was ordained priest on 6th August 1988 for the diocese of Navrongo-Boltaganga. After his ...
CURRICULUM VITAL OF REV. FR. ALFRED AGYENTA Rev. Fr. Alfred Agyenta was born in Wiagha, in the Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocese on 20th January 1959. He is the son of Sylvester Agyenta and Diana Agyenta. Fr. Agyenta had his elementary schooling in Wiagha from 1964-1974. He continued his education in Navrongo, in the Minor Seminary of the diocese from 1974-1979. He did his sixth form education in the Nandom Secondary School, in the diocese of Wa, from 1979-1981. He then entered the St. Victor’s Major Seminary in 1981 where he did his philosophical and theological studies. He was ordained priest on 6th August 1988 for the diocese of Navrongo-Boltaganga. After his ...
Lenten Message
LENTEN PASTORAL LETTER OF THE GHANA CATHOLIC BISHOPS TO OUR CATHOLICS AND TO ALL MEN AND WOMEN OF GOODWILL Introduction My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Lent is once again here with us and we, your Bishops, greet you, our Catholic faithful, Christians of other churches, all other believers in God and all men and women of goodwill in our dear country Ghana, in the name of God our Almighty Father, of Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour and of the Holy Spirit, the Sanctifier. What is Lent? Lent is a period of fasting, penitence, and self-denial traditionally observed by Christians in preparation for Easter. In Western churches it begins on Ash Wednesday, six and half weeks before Easter, and provides for a 40-day fast (Sundays being excluded) in imitation of Jesus Christ who, at the beginning of his ministry, was led by ...
GCBC ELECTION 2010
ELECTIONS – november 4, 2010 AT WIAWSO
1.PRESIDENT - Most Rev. Joseph Osei-Bonsu
VICE PRESIDENT - Most Rev. Anthony K. Adanuty
2. DEPARTMENT OF PASTORAL MINISTRY AND EVANGELIZATION 1. Clergy & Religious - Most Rev. Gabriel E. Kumordji, SVD
2. Vocations, Seminaries, Chaplaincies- Most Rev. Peter K. Atuahene
3. Liturgy, Sacred Music - Most Rev. Joseph F. K. Essien
4. Laity and Youth - Most Rev. Charles G. Palmer-Buckle - Accra
5. Inter-religious Dialogue - Most Rev. Philip Naameh - Tamale
6. Juridical Matters - Most Rev. Matthias Nketsiah - Cape Coast
7. Biblical Apostolate - Most Rev. Gabriel J. Y. Anokye – Kumasi
Episcopal Chairman - Most Rev. Matthias Nketsiah
3. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
1. Social Development and Caritas - Most Rev. Thomas K. Mensah
2. Migrants and Refugees - Most Rev. Gabriel A. A. Mante
3. Education, Rel. Educ. Catechetics - Most Rev. Matthew K. Gyamfi
4. Health ...
1.PRESIDENT - Most Rev. Joseph Osei-Bonsu
VICE PRESIDENT - Most Rev. Anthony K. Adanuty
2. DEPARTMENT OF PASTORAL MINISTRY AND EVANGELIZATION 1. Clergy & Religious - Most Rev. Gabriel E. Kumordji, SVD
2. Vocations, Seminaries, Chaplaincies- Most Rev. Peter K. Atuahene
3. Liturgy, Sacred Music - Most Rev. Joseph F. K. Essien
4. Laity and Youth - Most Rev. Charles G. Palmer-Buckle - Accra
5. Inter-religious Dialogue - Most Rev. Philip Naameh - Tamale
6. Juridical Matters - Most Rev. Matthias Nketsiah - Cape Coast
7. Biblical Apostolate - Most Rev. Gabriel J. Y. Anokye – Kumasi
Episcopal Chairman - Most Rev. Matthias Nketsiah
3. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
1. Social Development and Caritas - Most Rev. Thomas K. Mensah
2. Migrants and Refugees - Most Rev. Gabriel A. A. Mante
3. Education, Rel. Educ. Catechetics - Most Rev. Matthew K. Gyamfi
4. Health ...
BISHOP’S STATEMENT ON THE DOCTOR’S STRIKE
A STATEMENT BY THE GHANA CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE ON THE DOCTORS’ STRIKE We, the members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, have observed with great concern the current strike by the medical doctors and its consequences on the lives of Ghanaians. We indeed appreciate the many hours of work that our doctors do every week and we thank them for the lives that they save on a daily basis. We believe that, like all other workers, they should receive remuneration commensurate with their work. However, we also believe that what constitutes remuneration commensurate with the work of the doctors in our country is something that should be determined through negotiations, taking into account the labour laws of the country. We are therefore appealing to the executive of the Ghana Medical Association to continue the negotiations with the Government until a mutually satisfactory solution has been found. If it will be ...
