Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Ghana
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- 1514
- Funchal (established by the Portuguese, see footnote) - Portugal
- 1534
- São Tomé (detached from Funchal) - São Tomé e Principe
- 1842
- The Two Guineas and Senegambia (AP, detached from Funchal, and from São Tomé) - West African coast between the Senegal River and the Oranje River, except Loanda/Angola
- 1846
- The Two Guineas and Senegambia (AV) - West African coast between the Senegal River and the Oranje River, except Loanda/Angola
- Regarding Lower Volta:
- 1860
- Dahomey (AV, detached from the Two Guineas and Senegambia AV) - Nigeria, Benin
- 1870
- Benin Coast (AV, new name, previously Dahomey AV) - Nigeria, Benin
- 1883
- Dahomey (AP, detached from Benin Coast AV) - Benin, Niger, Togo, Burkina Faso
- 1892
- Togo (AP, detached from Dahomey AP) - Togo
- 1914
- Togo (AV) - Togo
- Regarding Gold Coast:
- 1863
- Gabon (new name, previously The Two Guineas and Senegambia AV) - West African coast from Guinea to the Oranje River, except Angola
- Regarding Navrongo:
- 1868
- Sahara and the Sudan (AP) - French North and West Africa
- 1891
- French Soudan (AV, detached from Sahara and the Soudan AV) - Burkina Faso and Mali
- 1921
- Ouagadougou (AV, new name, previously French Soudan AV) - Burkina Faso
- 1879
- Gold Coast (AP, detached from Gabon / previously the Two Guineas) - (Gold Coast) Ghana
- 1901
- Gold Coast (AV) - (Gold Coast) Ghana
- 1923
- Lower Volta (AV, detached from Gold Coast AV, and from Togo AV) - (Gold Coast)
- 1926
- Navrongo (AP, detached from Ouagadougou AV) - (Gold Coast) Ghana
- 1932
- Kumasi (AV, detached from Gold Coast) - (Gold Coast) Ghana
- 1934
- Navrongo (AV) - (Gold Coast) Ghana
- 1943
- Accra (AP, detached from Gold Coast) - (Gold Coast) Ghana
- 1947
- Accra (AV) - (Gold Coast) Ghana
- 1950
- Accra - (Gold Coast) Ghana
- 1950
- Cape Coast (Metr., new name, previously Gold Coast AP) - (Gold Coast) Ghana
- 1950
- Keta (D, and new name, previously Lower Volta AV) - (Gold Coast) Ghana
- 1950
- Kumasi - (Gold Coast) Ghana
- 1950
- Tamale (D, new name, previously Navrongo AV) - (Gold Coast) Ghana
- 1956
- Navrongo (detached from Tamale, Keta) - Ghana
- 1959
- Wa (detached from Tamale) - Ghana
- 1969
- Sekondi-Takoradi (detached from Cape Coast) - Ghana
- 1973
- Sunyani (detached from Kumasi) - Ghana
- 1975
- Keta-Ho (new name, previously Keta) - Ghana
- 1977
- Navrongo-Bolgatanga (new name, previously Navrongo) - Ghana
- 1977
- Tamale (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Cape Coast) - Ghana
- 1992
- Accra (Metr.) - Ghana
- 1992
- Koforidua (detached from Accra) - Ghana
- 1994
- Ho (new name, previously Keta-Ho) - Ghana
- 1994
- Jasikan (detached from Keta-Ho) - Ghana
- 1994
- Keta-Akatsi (detached from Keta-Ho) - Ghana
- 1995
- Damongo (detached from Tamale) - Ghana
- 1995
- Konongo-Mampong (detached from Kumasi, and from Sunyani) - Ghana
- 1995
- Obuasi (detached from Kumasi) - Ghana
- 1997
- Goaso (detached from Sunyani) - Ghana
- 1999
- Wiawso (detached from Sekondi-Takoradi) - Ghana
- 1999
- Yendi (detached from Tamale) - Ghana
- 2002
- Kumasi (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Cape Coast) - Ghana
- 2007
- Donkorkrom (AP, detached from Koforidua) - Ghana
- 2007
- Techiman (detached from Sunyani, and from Konongo-Mampong) - Ghana
- 2007
- Donkorkrom (AV) - Ghana