Sarpong, Peter

LC control no.	n 80070629
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Sarpong, Peter *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Sarpong, Peter K. Sarpong, Peter Kwasi
Associated country	Ghana
Associated place	Great Britain Italy
Birth date	1933-02-26
Affiliation	University of Oxford Pontificia Studiorum Universitas a Sancto Thoma Aquinate in Urbe Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology St Peter's Major Seminary (Cape Coast, Ghana) Catholic Church. Bishops' Conference of Ghana Ghana. Council of State
Profession or occupation	Bishops Priests Clergy
Found in	His The sacred stools of the Akan, 1971. His African theology, 1988: cover (Rt. Rev. Peter K. Sarpong, DD, M. Litt. Oxor., Bishop of Kumasi, Ghana) His The ceremonial horns of the Ashanti, 1990: title page (Peter Kwasi Sarpong) Information from 678 field, converted June 14, 2014 (Catholic Bishop of Kumasi; b. 2/26/33) Aspects of Ghanaian ethos, 2019: title page (Most Rev. Peter K. Sarpong (Archbishop Emeritus of Kumasi)) page 4 of cover (Archbishop Dr. Peter Kwasi Sarpong; born February 1933 at Mpehi, Maase in the Ashanti region. He studied at St Theresa's Minor Seminary at Amisaano and St Peter's Major Seminary at Cape Coast; was ordained priest in December 1959, In 1962 and 1963 he graduated with Licentiate in Sacred Theology and a doctorate degree in Sacred Theology, at the University of St Thomas Acquinas, Rome, Italy respectively. In 1965, at the University of Oxford, England, he graduated with Diploma in Anthropology and Master of Letters (M. Litt.) in Social Anthropology. He continued his education at the University of St Thomas Aquinas in Rome and was awarded Doctorate in Sacred Theology. In terms of appointments, he has held many top positions in the Catholic hierarchy. He was the first African rector of St Peter's Major Seminary at Cape Coast from 1967 to 1970. He served as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi from January 17, 2002 to 2008 and was awarded LL. D Degree (Honoris Causa) by the University of Cape Coast in December 2006. In 2002, he was elevated to the position of the first Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi. He also became the president of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference. In civil society, he once served as the chairman of the University Council of Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi; and he became a member of the Council of State, Ghana)
Associated language	eng