Anglican Diocese of Asante Mampong
Dr. Daniel Yinkah Sarfo, Archbishop and Primate of the Church of the Province of West Africa (CPWA), having previously been within the Diocese of Kumasi.
[1] The new Diocese covers a remote rural and forest area of the Ashanti region and supports practical ministry in education, health and the provision of clean water as a part of its Christian mission.
The main purpose of its creation was to facilitate the expansion, growth and effective Episcopal Administration.
Immediately after the said 2008 Diocesan Synod, the decision was sent to the Archbishop and Primate of the Province of West Africa, Most Rev.
The CPWA Inspection Team was constituted and tasked to come to the Diocese of Kumasi, ascertain for themselves and submit a report on certain issues such as the boundary, number of parishes, budget for three years, financial viability, the Bishop‟s office and residence and the assets and liabilities.
At the Standing Committee meeting of the CPWA on 5th July, 2014 in Monrovia, Liberia, a second endorsement was given for the creation and inauguration of ADAM on Christ the King Sunday, 23rd November, 2014 at Mampong, Ashanti at 9:30 a.m. At the end of the First Session of the Seventeenth Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Kumasi at the Diocesan Retreat and Spiritual Renewal Centre, Nkawie – Ashanti, from 10th to 13th September, 2014, an ACTA was signed giving the Synod‟s approval for ceding of Mampong and Kumawu Archdeaconries of the Diocese to form ADAM.
At a Special Diocesan Synod of ADAM held on the day of the Inauguration, 23rd November, 2014 at St. Monica‟s College of Education Library at 4:00p.m., Rt.
At the time of the creation and inauguration, the Diocese comprised two (2) Archdeaconries namely Mampong and Kumawu Archdeaconries; seven (7) parishes namely St. Michael and All Angels, Mampong; St. Peter, Kumawu; St. Mary, Ejura; St. Andrew, Kwamang; St. Joseph, Nsuta; St. Paul, Juaben; St. Peter, Konongo-Odumasi; 2 Sub-parishes and 24 Outstations; the Suffragan Bishop and twelve (12) Priests.
The Dean is Ven Bismark Opoku Acheampong and Acting Canon Precentor, Balthazar Obeng Larbi who is also Registrar of the Diocese.
A significant number of honorary canons have been appointed from other provinces of the Anglican Communion to support the new Diocese with specific skills.
There is one (1) Seminarian at the St. Nicholas Theological Seminary at Cape Coast and one other who has been cassocked awaiting diaconate ordination.
Diocesan Conventions are held once every year within the week preceding Palm Sunday inclusive.
Various workshops have been organized for the Clergy, the Catechists, the Church Wardens and the Evangelism Team in the Diocese.
Such places include South Carolina, California and Virginia in USA; Rome; and Canterbury in the UK.
