The Most Reverend Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi (born 11 August 1957 in
Wamanafo,
Ghana) is a
Ghanaian Roman Catholic Bishop of the
Sunyani Diocese and the current President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference. He was ordained as a Catholic Bishop of Sunyani in 2003. He is also the Episcopal Chairman of the
Catholic University of Ghana,
Fiapre, and concurrently serves as a member of the governing council of the university.
Early life and education
Gyamfi was born on 11 August 1957 at Wamanafo in the
Dormaa East District in the
Bono Region. He proceeded to study at the St. Hubert Seminary in
Kumasi and later pursued courses in Philosophy and Theology at St. Peter's Seminary in
Cape Coast
Cape Coast is a city, fishing port, and the capital of Cape Coast Metropolitan District and Central Region of Ghana. It is one of the country's most historic cities, a World Heritage Site, home to the Cape Coast Castle, with the Gulf of Guinea ...
, culminating in successful completion. Gyamfi from 1994 to 1998 studied at the
University of Toronto in
Canada and had a doctorate degree in Geography and master's degree in education from
Ontario Institute.
Career
He received his priestly ordination from the late Bishop James Kwadwo Owusu. Subsequently, he held the role of Assistant Administrator at the Christ The King Cathedral in Sunyani for a span of two years that is between January and September 1987, he served as a Chaplain at the
St. Joseph's Training College in
Bechem
Bechem is a town and is the capital of Tano South district of the Ahafo of Ghana, and Bechem is the district capital for the Tano South Constituency. while teaching religious studies at the institution. Later on, he embarked on a degree program in Social Sciences at the
University of Ghana.
From 1990 to 1991, he assumed the role of acting Parish Priest at St. Peter's Parish in
Kenyasi, in the
Asutifi North District in the
Ahafo Region. Additionally, he served as the Vice-Rector and a full-time tutor at
St. James Minor Seminary located in
Abesim, near Sunyani, from 1991 to 1993.
Episcopal career
Gyamfi was ordained a priest on 27 July 1985 by Bishop James Kwadwo Owusu, the bishop of Sunyani Diocese. Subsequently, he was appointed by
John Paul II as the second Bishop of Sunyani on 14 April 2003, he received his
episcopal consecration on 28 June 2003 from Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong with Cardinal
Peter Appiah Turkson and Bishop
Lucas Abadamloora serving as
co-consecrators
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.
In November 2022, he was elected as the President of the Ghana
Catholic Bishops' Conference
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, and he has been serving as the
Chancellor
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of the
Catholic University College of Ghana since in 2003. He served as the Episcopal Chairman of the National Catechetical Commission on the Catholic Bishops' Conference from 2004 to 2011. He moved on to serve as the Episcopal Chairman of Education and National Catechetical Commission in 2011.
In 2003 he assumed the role of Episcopal Chairman of the
Catholic University of Ghana,
Fiapre, and concurrently serves as a member of the governing council of the university.
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Ghana
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*Rome, the capital city of Italy
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Ghana
References
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Living people
Ghanaian Roman Catholic bishops
Members of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith
People from Bono Region
Sunyani
1957 births
University of Toronto alumni
University of Ghana alumni