AFRICA/GHANA – Resignation and appointment of bishop of Jasikan

Vatican City – The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Jasikan, Ghana, presented by Bishop Gabriel Akwasi Ababio Mante.
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Simon Kofi Appiah, until now lecturer in the department of Religion and Human Values of the University of Cape Coast, as bishop of Jasikan, Ghana.
Msgr. Simon Kofi Appiah was born on 1 July 1964 in Teteman, Ghana. He carried out his studies in philosophy and theology at Saint Peter’s Regional Seminary in Pedu, Cape Coast, Ghana.
He was ordained a priest for the then-diocese of Keta Ho on 21 July 1990. At the time of the creation of the new diocese of Jasikan, in 1994, he was incardinated in the same see.
After ordination, he first served as parish vicar at the communities of Kpedze, Vakpo and Kadjebi . After his studies at the Universität Tübingen in Germany , he was awarded a doctorate in theological ethics; a postgraduate diploma in psychology from the University of London; and a diploma in teaching higher education from the Catholic University of Eastern Aftrica in Nairobi, Kenya. He went on to serve as formator at the Saint Patrick Formation House ; diocesan chancellor and director of the diocesan Office for the Pastoral Care of Vocations ; and pastoral collaborator in the parish of Kadjebi .
Since 2011 he has held the role of lecturer in the Department of Religion and Human Values of the University of Cape Coast and in the major seminary of Pedu.

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