Sekondi-Takoradi, 24 August, 2020 / 8:32 pm (ACI Africa).
The newly appointed Apostolic Administrator of Ghana's Sekondi-Takoradi Diocese, Fr. John Baptist Attakruh has likened his current ministry to that of John the Baptist.
Like John the Baptist who prepared the way for the Jesus Christ, the Ghanaian Cleric says, he is preparing the way for the appointment of a new Bishop.
“As I have been reflecting on my appointment in the past few days, I’ve come to understand my role as Apostolic Administrator to be like that of Saint John the Baptist – someone temporary holding the fort of the Sekondi-Takoradi Diocese to prepare the way whilst we all await the appointment of a new Bishop,” Fr. John Baptist said Sunday, August 23 during his first Mass as Apostolic Administrator at the Star of the Sea Cathedral, Takoradi.
He encouraged the people of God in the Diocese to “see the mission of the Church as a collective responsibility to be embraced by all and not just as the duty of one person. The mission of the Church is not the responsibility of one person.”
The Ghanaian Cleric further called on the faithful in Sekondi-Takoradi Diocese to support him with prayers saying, “I asked you all for your prayers as I assure you of mine. I will count on your prayers to aid me to discharge my duties diligently as Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese.”
