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January 1931, the first school was opened on the Sacred Heart Church grounds. With an enrollment of fifteen boys and six girls, the school opened and by August it was recognized by the Government Educational Director and placed on the Assisted List (which meant that government would pay an agreed
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which includes the suffragan dioceses of Ho, Koforidua, Jasikan and Keta-Akatsi. The Latin title of the archdiocese is
Archidioecesis Accraënsis, and the corporate title is Archdiocese of Accra. The cathedral parish for the archdiocese is the Holy Spirit Cathedral.
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percentage of the teachers' salaries depending on the quality of the school as determined by the inspectors). Today, Accra
Archdiocese has over seventy basic schools, several second-cycle schools three seminaries and formation houses, and a university.
507:. Accra was elevated to a metropolitan see and Bishop Andoh was made the metropolitan archbishop. While the Ho, Jasikan, and Keta-Akatsi Dioceses cover the Volta Region of Ghana, the Koforidua Diocese spans a vast area of the Eastern Region.
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Sacred Heart Church which was started under a large empty cocoa shed at Derby Avenue in Accra, was the first
Catholic church to be built. It was dedicated on February 11, 1925.
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was the first
Ghanaian native to become Archbishop of Accra. He was installed in October 1971 and became the 3rd Ordinary for Accra since its establishment as a diocese.
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There are eight deaneries in the
Archdiocese of Accra. Originally termed vicariates or districts in the
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covers the
Greater Accra Region and parts of the Volta Region. There are 62 parishes and rectories. The
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The metropolitan
Archdiocese has four suffragans. In 1992, the
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1015:"Catholic Institute of Business and Technology Homepage"
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The
Deaneries of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Accra
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885:St. Don Bosco Voc. Training Centre-Ashaiman, Tema
451:(2005 - 2018), appointed Archbishop of Cape Coast
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476:Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
1091:Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Accra
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904:St. Peter Claver French School-Mataheko, Accra
888:Sacred Heart Technical Inst.-James Town, Accra
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814:MartyrsCatholic Private Basic Schools in Accra
432:Metropolitan Archbishops of Accra (Roman rite)
898:Catholic Social Advance Inst.-Adabraka, Accra
700:Immaculate Heart. R/C Basic-Christian Village
392:Bishop Adolph Alexander Noser (1947 – 1950);
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997:"Mary Mother of Good Counsel School History"
901:St. Francis Xavier Sec./Voc.-Kotobabi, Accra
727:St. Anthony R/C Basic- New Achimota-Fishpond
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1086:Christian organizations established in 1943
879:St. Margaret Mary Sec./Tech-Dansoman, Accra
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424:Bishop Dominic Kodwo Andoh (1971 – 1992);
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863:List of senior secondary schools in Ghana
688:Queen of Peace R/C Primary A&B-Madina
958:List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ghana
915:Catholic seminaries and formation houses
907:Corpus Christi SHS-Lashibi-Comm 18, Tema
873:St. Thomas Aquinas SHS-Cantonment, Accra
822:Mary Mother of Good Counsel-Airport-West
819:St. Bernadette Soubirous School-Dansoman
799:Archbishop Andoh R/C Basic-Comm. 11 Tema
837:St. Peter Claver French School-Mataheko
828:Christ The King Int. School-Cantonments
374:Prefect Apostolic of Accra (Roman rite)
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805:St. John Bosco R/C Basic-Comm. 2. Tema
793:Blessed. Clementina R/C Basic-Ashaiman
724:OLAS R/C KG & Primary-New-Achimota
379:Adolph Alexander Noser (1944 – 1947);
849:St. Ancilla Preparatory School-Haatso
706:St. Joseph the Worker R/C Basic-Weija
691:Queen of Peace R/C JHS A&B-Madina
640:St. Francis Xavier R/C Basic-Kotobabi
622:Immaculate Conception Basic-Akweteman
597:Education in the Archdiocese of Accra
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387:Vicar Apostolic of Accra (Roman rite)
287:Territory of the Archdiocese of Accra
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802:Archbishop Andoh R/C KG-Comm. 8 Tema
667:Prince of Peace R/C Basic-Kwashieman
619:Martrys of Uganda R/C Basic-Mamprobi
1096:Roman Catholic archbishops of Accra
796:St. Peter’s R/C Basic-Tema New-Town
775:St. Dominic Savio R/C Basic-Afienya
682:St. Francis R/C Basic-Ashaley Botwe
664:Abossey Okai R/C Basic-Abossey Okai
628:Derby Avenue R/C Basic-Derby Avenue
501:Roman Catholic Diocese of Koforidua
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311:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Accra
307:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Accra
16:Roman Catholic archdiocese in Ghana
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790:St. Augustine’s R/C Basic-Ashaiman
661:Star of the Sea R/C Basic-Dansoman
649:St. Kizito R/C ‘1 & 2 JHS-Nima
471:(1952-1953), appointed Bishop here
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876:St. Mary’s SHS-Korle-Gonno, Accra
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781:St. Peter Claver R/C KG-Ada Foah
736:Afuaman R/C School Basic-Afuaman
655:St. Stephen’s R/C Basic-Darkuman
637:K. G. Boys R/C Basic-Korle Gonno
634:St. Mary’s R/C Basic-Korle-Gonno
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932:Salesians of Don Bosco-Ashaiman
843:St. Ignatius R/C School-Batsona
787:Korluedor R/C Primary-Korluedor
751:Asutsuare R/C Primary-Asutsuare
730:St. Slyvanus R/C Basic-Pokuase
631:St. Joseph’s R/C Basic-Adabraka
606:Catholic basic schools in Accra
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852:St. John the Evangelist-Adenta
840:Corpus Christi-Com. 18 Lashibi
703:Holy Child R/C JHS-Santa Maria
694:St. Peter Claver R/C KG-Madina
658:Holy Family R/C Basic-Mataheko
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846:St. Mark R/C School-Ashongman
825:St. Theresa’s School-Kaneshie
808:Holy Child R/C Basic-Sakumono
784:Anyakpor R/C Primary-Anyakpor
766:Kadjanya R/C Primary-Kadjanya
733:St. Joseph’s R/C JHS-Amasaman
709:St. Peter’s R/C Basic-Torkuse
685:Holy Rosary R/C Basic-Adentan
676:Quaye Nungua R/C Basic-Nungua
488:Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle
400:Bishops of Accra (Roman rite)
921:St. Paul's Catholic Seminary
745:St. Agnes R/C Primary-Dodowa
712:St. Jude R/C Basic-New-Weija
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482:Joseph Kwaku Afrifah-Agyekum
361:Sacred Heart Catholic Church
7:
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927:Society of African Missions
857:Catholic s schools in Accra
778:Ada-Foah R/C Basic-Ada Foah
763:Djorkpo R/C Primary-Djorkpo
757:Kordiabe R/C Basic-Kordiabe
754:Asutsuare R/C JHS-Asutsuare
748:St. Agnes R/C J.H.S.-Dodowa
739:Natriku R/C Primary-Natriku
697:St. Dominic R/C Basic-Taifa
646:St. Kizito R/C Primary-Nima
503:was carved out of Accra by
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953:Roman Catholicism in Ghana
882:Our Lady of Mercy SHS-Tema
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643:St. Paul’s R/C Basic-Kpehe
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769:Lubuse R/C Primary-Lubuse
742:Osuwem R/C Primary-Osuwem
721:OLAS R/C JHS-New-Achimota
670:La Anteson R/C Primary-La
625:St. Peter’s R/C Basic-Osu
356:The Holy Spirit Cathedral
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449:Charles G. Palmer-Buckle
215:Immaculate Heart of Mary
772:Ayikuma R/C JHS-Ayikuma
718:Papase R/C Basic-Papase
679:Teshie R/C Basic-Teshie
456:John Bonaventure Kwofie
330:ecclesiastical province
262:John Bonaventure Kwofie
258:Metropolitan Archbishop
188:; 131 years ago
83:Ecclesiastical province
978:"Archdiocese of Accra"
673:St. Maurice R/C JHS-La
544:1983 Code of Canon Law
407:Adolph Alexander Noser
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760:Tokpo R/C Basic-Tokpo
652:Abeka R/C Basic-Abeka
394:see above & below
205:Holy Spirit Cathedral
832:Bishop Bowers School
469:Joseph Oliver Bowers
419:Joseph Oliver Bowers
186:1893 January 31
72:Greater Accra Region
23:Archdiocese of Accra
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439:Dominic Kodwo Andoh
345:Dominic Kodwo Andoh
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243:Current leadership
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522:Keta–Akatsi
454:Archbishop
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183:Established
158:Information
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964:References
193:31-01-1893
177:Roman Rite
118:Population
113:Statistics
1038:0°13′00″W
1035:5°33′00″N
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538:Deaneries
533:Structure
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201:Cathedral
127:2,291,352
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292:Website
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