Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah †

Deceased

Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
27 Nov 1922		Born
11 Dec 1949	27.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Cape Coast, Ghana
7 Mar 1957	34.2	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
7 Mar 1957	34.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Bencenna
16 Jun 1957	34.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Bencenna
19 Dec 1959	37.0	Appointed	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana
22 Sep 1991	68.8	Died	Archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana

MicroData Summary for John Kodwo Amissah
(VIAF: 43921489; WikiData: Q6243375)
Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah (born 27 Nov 1922, died 22 Sep 1991) Archbishop of Cape Coast

Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father
Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father

Event Place
Birth Place Elmina, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}
Ordained Bishop St. Francis, Cathedral, Cape Coast, Archdiocese of Cape Coast
Death Place (car accident)

a priest for 41.7 years
a bishop for 34.2 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. †
Archbishop of Cape Coast
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop André (Andreas Nicolaus) van den Bronk, S.M.A. †
Bishop of Kumasi
Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, S.V.D. †
Bishop of Accra

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. † (1933)
Archbishop of Cape Coast
Archbishop Richard Joseph Downey † (1928)
Archbishop of Liverpool, England
Francis Alphonsus Cardinal Bourne † (1896)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Herbert Alfred Henry Cardinal Vaughan † (1872)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Archbishop Henry Edward Manning † (1865)
Archbishop of Westminster, England
Bishop William Bernard Ullathorne, O.S.B. † (1846)
Bishop of Birmingham, England
Bishop John Briggs † (1833)
Titular Bishop of Dragobitia (Drago)
Bishop Thomas Penswick † (1824)
Titular Bishop of Europus
Bishop William Poynter † (1803)
Titular Bishop of Alia
Bishop John Douglass † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Centuria
Bishop William Gibson † (1790)
Titular Bishop of Achantus
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson (1975)
Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Joseph Amihere Essuah † (1962)
Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong (1970)
Archbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh † (1971)
Bishop Rudolph A. Akanlu † (1973)
Bishop James Kwadwo Owusu † (1973)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Bernard Oguki-Atakpah † (1964)
Bishop Alberto Zambrano Palacios, O.P. † (1964)
Bishop Bernard Charles Ratsimamotoana, M.S. † (1964)
Bishop Lawrence Patrick Moran † (1964)
Bishop Marcel Evariste Van Rengen, C.J. † (1964)
Archbishop Leobard D’Souza † (1964)
Archbishop Joseph Henry Ganda † (1971)
Bishop Patrick Kla Juwle † (1972)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Elmina, Vicariate Apostolic of Costa d’Oro {Gold Coast}
Ordained Bishop	St. Francis, Cathedral, Cape Coast, Archdiocese of Cape Coast
Death Place	(car accident)

Source(s):

c2+: CB
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 129
c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 10, Number 476, Ascendance
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 26, Number 1,471
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1957, Number 79

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