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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.

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