cdk@kofdiocese.org

MOST REV. JOSEPH AFRIFAH-AGYEKUM, DD, STD.

Date of Birth: December 22, 1954, to Mr. Henry Kwasi Okrah and Madam Gladys Ayim (both of blessed memory)

Date of Priestly Ordination: July 17, 1983, at the Holy Spirit Cathedral, Accra, by Most Rev. Dominic K. Andoh

Episcopal Ordination: July 1, 2006

 

Pastoral Assignments/Appointments

  • Curate at the Holy Spirit Cathedral (1983-1985)
  • Priest-in-Charge at St. Peter Parish, Osu-Accra (1985-1986)
  • Priest-in-Charge at St. George Parish, Koforidua (1992-1993)
  • Cathedral Administrator at St. George Catholic Cathedral, Koforidua (1993-1997)
  • Director of Diocesan Pastoral Centre and Activities (1997-2001)
  • Vicar General (and Diocesan Lands and Estate Coordinator, and Chairman of the Management Board of the Catholic Education Unit) - (1993-2005)
  • Diocesan Administrator (May 2005-April 2006)


Further Studies

PhD in Sacred Liturgy at Rome's Anselmianum (1986-1992)

 

Current Appointment/Assignments

  • Catholic Bishop of the Koforidua Diocese (April 12, 2006, to date)
  • Episcopal Chairman for Education on the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference (GCBC) 
  • Vice President of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA) 

On July 6, 1992, the Catholic Diocese of Koforidua was created. This was publicly announced by his Holiness Pope John Paul II (now St. John Paul), through the Papal Bull (an official Church document) Quod iusta quidem, on November 21, 1992. It was the tenth in Ghana, carved from the then Diocese of Accra.

Contact Us

Address:
Address: Box KF 625,
Koforidua, Ghana

Tel: 0595-222-361(Office)
E-mail: cdk@kofdiocese.org