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Thomas Kwaku Mensah

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Thomas Kwaku Mensah
Archbishop of Kumasi
Church Catholic Church
Archdiocese Archdiocese of Kumasi
In office 26 March 2008 – 15 May 2012
Predecessor Peter Kwasi Sarpong
Successor Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye
Previous post Bishop of Obuasi (1995-2008)
Orders
Ordination 3 June 1973
Consecration 28 May 1995
by Jozef Tomko
Personal details
Born 2 February 1935
Asamang, Colony of the Gold Coast, British Empire
Died 10 April 2016 (aged 81)

Thomas Kwaku Mensah (2 February 1935 – 10 April 2016) was the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kumasi, Ghana.

Ordained to the priesthood on 3 June 1973. Mensah was consecrated Bishop of Obuasi on 28 May 1995, enthroned Archbishop on 26 March 2008 and retired on 15 May 2012.[1][2]

References

  1. Back to citation "Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church. David M. Cheney. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  2. Back to citation "Kumasi's Archbishop Thomas K. Mensah dies at 81". Daily Graphic. Accra, Ghana. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.