The Wesley Methodist Cathedral is a church in
Accra
Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...
, the capital of
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...
.
The church lies on Asafoatse Nettey Road, in Adedainkpo, a district of the
Jamestown area of the city. It was designed by W. F. Hedges. Construction began in 1922, with
Frederick Gordon Guggisberg
Brigadier general (United Kingdom), Brigadier-General Sir Frederick Gordon Guggisberg, (20 July 1869 – 21 April 1930) was a senior Canada, Canadian-born British Army officer and British Empire colonial administrator. He published a number of w ...
laying the foundation stone, although it was not dedicated until 1960.
In 2000, the church was made a cathedral, part of the
Methodist Church Ghana
The Methodist Church Ghana is one of the largest and oldest mainline Protestant denominations in Ghana. It traces its roots back to the landing of the Rev. Joseph Dunwell on 1 January 1835 in Cape Coast, in the Gold Coast (now Ghana). The Re ...
. It is the seat of both the Bishop of Accra, and of the Presiding Bishop of Ghana.
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Accra
Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...
Churches in Accra
Churches completed in 1960
20th-century Methodist church buildings