Postal Address: St. Thomas Cathedral Church
P. O. Box 1, Obuasi, Ghana, West Africa.
Office Contact: 0241321599 / 0500420818
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Pastor: Most Rev. John Yaw Afoakwah
Administrator: Very Rev. Fr. Francis Darko
Very Rev. Fr. Dominic Baffour Akowuah
Associate: Rev. Fr. John Saint George Warmann,
Rev. Fr. Pius Fosu Frimpong,
Rev. Fr. Collins Marfo.
Catechists: Mr. Isaac Owusu Bio, Mr. John Owusu, Mr. Simon Appiah (Akan),
Mr. Vitalis Monkumah (Dagaaba Community)
Sunday Masses: 6:30am (Adult, Akan); 7:00am (Children); 9:30am (youth/ English)
9:30am (Dagaaba, 2nd Sunday of the month)
9:30am KNUST students (3rd Sunday of the month)
Weekday Masses: 6:00am - Monday, Tuesday and Friday
7:00pm - Wednesday
6:30am - Thursday and Saturday
Benediction: First Sunday of the month. Daily exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (adoration room)
Confessions: Saturday: 5:30 – 7:30pm
Infant Baptism: Third Saturday of the month
Outstation: Adaase and Amamom/Anyankyrem
Short History of the St. Thomas Cathedral Church
The St. Thomas Parish
On May 4, 1926, Rev. Fr. Philip Muntzinger (S.M.A.) was appointed the first residential Priest of the Obuasi Church dedicated to the patronage of St. Thomas the Apostle, though his stay was short- lived as he passed on to eternity in August 1927. As a remembrance to his name, the Catholic Church at Tutuka was named after his patron Saint Philip.
From 1938 onwards, George David Tsiquaye (Father of Fr. Paschal Tsiquaye and Bro. Joseph Tsiquaye) of Dominase, British Komenda, was appointed a full-time catechist, and being helped by Charles Huchison, P.A. Nortey and Albert Goode, the Church became so vibrant that other Churches sprung out of it.
Thus, the Obuasi Church which was started in 1904 with a small group of people gave birth to Churches at Tutuka, Akrokerri, Akrofuom, Anyinam, Bogobiri and Abompe-Kokoteasua.
With the growth of the Church in the Kumasi Diocese coupled with the increasing number of priests and for effective pastoral ministry throughout the diocese, the Holy See saw the need to divide the Kumasi Diocese, hence, Obuasi and Konongo-Mampong Dioceses were carved out of it on March 3, 1995.