William Thomas Porter, S.M.A. (14 May 1887 – 16 June 1966) was an English

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missionary priest, bishop and archbishop, who served as

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and later

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in present-day

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. He was appointed vicar apostolic (as well as

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of Urusi) on 25 April 1933 and archbishop on 18 Apr 1950. He retired as archbishop on 15 May 1959.

Schools

In 1936, Porter established a Roman Catholic secondary school, St. Augustine's College in Cape Coast. He also established several Roman Catholic youth groups.

References

1887 births 1966 deaths Roman Catholic missionaries in Ghana English Roman Catholic missionaries Cape Coast British expatriates in Ghana Gold Coast (British colony) people 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Ghana British expatriate Roman Catholic archbishops Roman Catholic archbishops of Cape Coast {{UK-RC-archbishop-stub