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Ghana’s Jasikan Catholic Diocese Gets New Shepherd as Pope Leo XIV Accepts Retirement of Bishop Akwasi

Dec 24, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the retirement of Bishop Gabriel Akwasi Ababio Mante from the pastoral care of Ghana’s Catholic Diocese of Jasikan and appointed Mons. Simon Kofi Appiah as his successor.

Bishop Gabriel Akwasi Abiabo Mante of Ghana's Jasikan Diocese. Credit: St. John of God Society Ghana/Facebook

Take “uncompromising stance” against Iron Ore Mining in Ghana: Catholic Bishop to Chiefs

Nov 26, 2022

The Catholic Bishop of Jasikan in Ghana has called upon traditional leaders in Oti and Volta regions to take “a determined and uncompromising stance” demonstrating their opposition to the mining of iron ore and other minerals “yet to be discovered”.

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World Day of Consecrated Life: South Sudanese Bishop Urges Proactive Vocations Promotion to Safeguard Church’s Future

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“We search in wrong places,” Catholic Archbishop Urges Nigerians to Seek True Happiness beyond Worldly Pleasures

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Angola, São Tomé and Príncipe Bishops Create Special Commissions for Pope Leo XIV’s Anticipated Visit

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“A vocation of service to human family”: Zambia’s Catholic Bishops Decry Wrong notion of Politics Ahead of August Polls

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Pope Leo XIV Exhorts Catholic Bishops in Lesotho to Walk Together “as a Church that listens”

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“Land is Angola’s social security”: Catholic Church, Government Urged to Lead Agricultural Regeneration Efforts

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Over 200 Killed in Coltan Mine Collapse in Eastern DR Congo as Cardinal Ambongo Decries Resource Exploitation

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A World Scattered, A Youth Unheard: Kenyan Catholic Bishop on Why Kenya and the World “need the spirit of Don Bosco”

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“Our hearts go out to thousands”: SECAM President Joins Pope Leo XIV in Solidarity with Southern Africa Flood Victims

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Guarantee Right to Religious Freedom, Catholic Bishop Urges Nigerian Government, Decries Ongoing Christian Persecution

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Catholic Bishop in South Sudan Urges Youths to Be Builders of Peace and Development at Diocesan Festival

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Hundreds of Thousands Register to Venerate Relics of St. Francis of Assisi

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“Our problems are self-inflicted”: Cardinal Onaiyekan on Nigeria’s Deepening Crisis

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Young Catholic Adults, The Consecrated Converge in Groundbreaking Youth Synod in Southern Africa

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