Bishop John Alphonse Asiedu, S.V.D.

Bishop of Donkorkrom, Ghana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 May 1962		Born
21 Sep 1991	29.3	First Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
8 Sep 1996	34.3	Perpetual Vows	Member of Society of the Divine Word
19 Jul 1997	35.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Society of the Divine Word
11 Feb 2019	56.7	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, Ghana
4 May 2019	56.9	Ordained Bishop	Vicar Apostolic of Donkorkrom, Ghana
12 May 2026	64.0	Appointed	Bishop of Donkorkrom, Ghana

MicroData Summary
John Alphonse Asiedu
Bishop John Alphonse Asiedu S.V.D.
(born 12 May 1962)
Bishop of Donkorkrom

Event Place
Birth Place Adeemmra, Afram Plains
Ordained Deacon St. Victor's Major, Seminary, Tamale
Ordained Priest Holy Spirit, Cathedral, Accra, Archdiocese of Accra
Ordained Bishop St. Francis Xavier, Donkorkrom, Vicariate Apostolic of Donkorkrom

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Donkorkrom.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Gregory Eebolawola Kpiebaya †
Archbishop of Tamale
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh †
Archbishop of Accra
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Philip Naameh
Archbishop of Tamale
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich
Titular Archbishop of Sulci
Bishop Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D.
Bishop of Keta-Akatsi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Philip Naameh (1995)
Archbishop of Tamale
Jozef Cardinal Tomko † (1979)
Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola
Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
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

Event	Place
Birth Place	Adeemmra, Afram Plains
Ordained Deacon	St. Victor's Major, Seminary, Tamale
Ordained Priest	Holy Spirit, Cathedral, Accra, Archdiocese of Accra
Ordained Bishop	St. Francis Xavier, Donkorkrom, Vicariate Apostolic of Donkorkrom

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q61686217

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 11 Feb 2019
firs/perp/c01/lo: CB, 11 Feb 2019
ob: CB, 4 Mar 2019
c2+: CB, 9 Mar 2019
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 240, Number 20,145
ab: Bollettino, 12 May 2026

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