Apostolic Nunciature to Ghana

The Apostolic Nunciature to Ghana is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Ghana. It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio with the rank of an ambassador.

The position of Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana has been vacant since 19 March 2019.

In 1948, the Holy See established the Delegation to Dakar led by Marcel-François Lefebvre[1] to represent its interests in French colonial Africa. Following the decolonization of the region, the title of that position was changed to Apostolic Delegate to Western Africa on 23 September 1960 and given responsibility for Senegal, Upper Volta, Côte d'Ivoire, Dahomey (Benin), Guinea, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan, Togo, Ghana, Gambia, and Sierra Leone.[2] After further reorganizations of its offices for the emerging independent nations of Africa, the Holy See created the Delegation to Nigeria and Ghana–a single office–in May 1973.[3] Separate nunciatures for Ghana and Nigeria were erected on 29 April 1976.[4]

  1. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedia (PDF). Vol. XL. 1948. p. 560. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LII. 1960. p. 1003. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  3. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXV. 1973. pp. 628–9. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  4. ^ Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXVIII. 1976. pp. 399–400. Retrieved 24 November 2019.