Postal Address: St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
P. O. Box 14, Jachie (Ash. Reg), Ghana, West Africa
Office Contact: 0242644532
E-mail:
Pastor: Rev. Fr. Simon Kwadwo Wiredu
Catechist: Mr. Emmanuel Twumasi, Mr. Thomas Atta Mensah
Sunday Masses: 8:00am
Weekday Masses: 5:30am: Monday, Wednesday Thursday, Friday and Saturday 7:00pm: Tuesday
Benediction: 6:30pm: Every first Sunday and third Thursday of the month.
Confession: 5:00pm: Every Saturday
Outstations (4):
1. Aputuogya: Immaculate Conception of Mary Catholic Church.
2. Abidjan Nkwanta: Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church.
3. Kokobiriko: St. Paul Catholic Church
4. Nnuaso: St. Andrew Catholic Church
Short History
A Parish is a certain community of Christ's Faithful stably established within a particular Church, whose pastoral care, under the authority of the Diocesan Bishop, is entrusted to a proper Pastor (Canon 515 par1)
The St. Anthony Parish, Jachie, was established in the year 1995 by the Late Archbishop Emeritus Most Rev. Thomas Kwaku Mensah, The then first bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Obuasi. Initially, the then Jachie Parish was made up of 20 station churches. Now the Parish is made up of five (5) station churches with the following Parishes and rectorates been carved out in recent years: Pramso rectorate, Eserɛso Parish, Sawua rectorate and Aboɔntɛm rectorate.
The following Priests under the authority of the Diocesan Bishop were entrusted with the Pastoral Care of the Parish:
Rev. Msgr. Lawrence Owusu Afriyie (1995-2002)
Very Rev. Gabriel Adansi Fordjour (2002-2011)
Rev. Fr. Thomas Okyere (2011-2016)
Very Rev. Fr. Joseph Mary Offei (2016-2022)
Rev. Fr. Simon Kwadwo Wiredu (October 2022.....)
The following were parochial vicars:
Rev. Fr. James Kofi Appiah
Rev. Fr. Thomas Okyere (Oct 2007-2016)
Rev. Fr. Gilbert Kow Amo Forson (Oct. 2014-Oct 2022)
The Saint Anthony of Padua Catholic Church which was established in the year 1934 about 90 years ago has in the course of the years carried out the role entrusted to her by the Lord that's to go out to minister to all the nations of world and the Teaching, Sanctifying and Ruling office of Christ Our High Priest have been carried out faithfully by both the Christ Faithful and all the Priests that have ever worked and continue to work in the Parish.
May the Holy St. Anthony obtain from the Lod's goodness the grace we long for within our hearts. And pay no attention to our defects but to the Glory of God and to eternal salvation. That our Love and Charity towards the poor will be a token of our gratitude to God. May Mary Our Mother Pray for us in this journey of Faith.