Story: Akwasi Ampratwum-Mensah, Techiman
HIS Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, has created a new Catholic Diocese for Techiman.
The new diocese was carved out of Sunyani and Konogo-Mampong, and Very Reverend Father Dominic Yeboah Nyarko has been appointed its first Bishop.
A press release from the office of the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop George Kocherry, indicated that the new bishop was currently in New York pursuing a Master’s degree programme in family counselling at the Fordham University.
According to the release, the new Techiman diocese will include seven civil districts, namely Techiman, Kintampo North, Kintampo South, Nkoranza, Atebubu, Sene and Pru.
The Very Reverend Father Nyarko was born in December 1953 at Nsuta in the Techiman parish in the diocese of Sunyani.
After his basic education in his hometown, Nsuta, he entered St Hubert Minor Seminary in Kumasi and obtained GCE O-Level and GCE A-Level certificates. In 1984, he entered St. Peter’s Regional Seminary at Amisano in Cape Coast and completed successfully his Philosophy and Theology courses. He was ordained a priest on July 21, 1990 by the late Bishop James Owusu.
After the priestly ordination, Fr Nyarko served as Assistant Priest in the Dormaa Parish (1990-199), Spiritual Director, St James Minor Seminary, Sunyani ( 1991-1998), Diocesan Vocations Director (1992-1993), Associate Priest, Berekum Parish (1998-1999) and Parish Priest, Sampa Parish (1999-2004).
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