Bishop John Yaw Afoakwah

Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
26 Jan 1955		Born
11 Jul 1992	37.4	Ordained Priest	Priest of Kumasi, Ghana
3 Mar 1995	40.1	Incardinated	Priest of Obuasi, Ghana
22 Nov 2014	59.8	Appointed	Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana
10 Jan 2015	59.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Obuasi, Ghana

MicroData Summary
John Yaw Afoakwah
Bishop John Yaw Afoakwah
(born 26 Jan 1955)
Bishop of Obuasi

Event Place
Birth Place Akrokerry, Diocese of Kumasi
Ordained Bishop Len Clay Sports, Stadium, Obuasi, Diocese of Obuasi

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Obuasi.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye
Archbishop of Kumasi
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Jean-Marie Antoine Joseph Speich
Titular Archbishop of Sulci
Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah †
Archbishop Emeritus of Kumasi

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye (2004)
Archbishop of Kumasi
Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong (1970)
Archbishop of Kumasi
Archbishop John Kodwo Amissah † (1957)
Archbishop of Cape Coast
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

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q18626501

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 22 Nov 2014
ob: CB, 12 Dec 2014
c2+: CB, 11 Jan 2015
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 222, Number 18,350

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