The Papal Envoy to Ghana, the Most Rev. Henryk Mieczyslaw Jagodzinski is currently embarking on a five-day Pastoral visit to the Catholic Archdiocese of Accra as part of his duties as Pope’s representative in the West African country of Ghana.
He was welcomed to the Holy Spirit Cathedral at Adabraka by the Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, the Clergy and scores of lay faithful on Wednesday, August 10, 2022.
The visit, canonical and apostolic in nature, is the maiden of the Nuncio since his arrival in Ghana in 2020.
Amidst cultural displays accompanied with singing and dancing, the Apostolic Nuncio was ecstatically welcomed to the Cathedral with a traditional decoration and presentations of a traditional smock and a stool.
The Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra, the Most Rev. John Bonaventure Kwofie, CSSp, in a speech read on his behalf, briefed the Nuncio on the history and formation of the Archdiocese, which dated back to January 1893.
He indicated to the Nuncio that the National City’s Archdiocese of Accra had 187 Catholic Churches and a population of 327, 500 as well as 141 Priests.
The Archdiocese, he pointed out, covered the entire Greater Accra Region and part of the North Tongu District of the Volta Region.
Archbishop Kwofie also touched on educational, healthcare and social services rolled out by the Archdiocese over the years, including the establishment of schools and hospitals in the catchment area.
As part of his August 10 to 14 visit, the Nuncio met the Priests and Religious in the Archdiocese at the Christ the King Parish on Thursday, August 11. On Friday, August 12, he would confer award of Papal Knights and Dames on some Catholics in the Archdiocese at the Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Community 1, Tema.
On Saturday, August 13, he will preside over the Priestly ordination of six candidates at the Corpus Christi Parish at Sakumono and on Sunday, August 14, he would be at the Holy Spirit Cathedral to climax his visit with the creation of Monsignors.
Source: Newswatchgh.com. Photo Credit: Catholic Digest
