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Archbishop Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye was born in Emenaa in the Ashanti Region on May 27, 1960 and the youngest of eleven children.<\/p>\n
After his basic education, he enrolled at St. Hubert Minor Seminary at Santasi -Apre in Kumasi. He then proceeded to St Peter’s Major Regional Seminary in Pedu, Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana. From there, he went to the Facult\u00e9 Catholiques de Kinshasa in Former Republic of Zaire now Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo).<\/p>\n
Most Rev. Anokye was ordained catholic priest on July 16, 1988 for the Kumasi Archdiocese. He returned to Zaire at the time, now Congo to pursue his Masters degree in Theology and went to France for his PhD in Theology at the Institute Catholique de Paris. He got another PhD in History of Religions and Religious Anthropology at the prestigious Sorbonne University in Paris, France.<\/p>\n
From 1999 to 2003, he taught at his alma mater, St Peter’s Regional Seminary in Cape Coast and became Academic Dean, Vice- Rector and Acting Rector at the Seminary.<\/p>\n
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He was consecrated Auxiliary bishop of Kumasi in January 2004 and became Residential Bishop of Obuasi on March 26, 2008.<\/p>\n
On May 15 in 2012, he was appointed the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Kumasi Archdiocese of the Catholic Church by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI. He has served till date as the 3rd Archbishop of Kumasi after Archbishop Peter Akwasi Sarpong and Archbishop Thomas Kwaku Mensah.<\/p>\n
He has been working as a theology expert for RECOWA (Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa) and at the SECAM (Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar). A member to the Standing Committee of both institutions, he was in June 2013 appointed Vice-President of the SECAM. He is mainly involved in the evangelization of Africa and wants to make his contribution towards the elimination of\u00a0social, political and economic deficits. For example, the SECAM is committed to ensuring that everyone in Africa has access to sufficient drinking water, which is currently not the case.<\/p>\n
Here is to congratulating Most Rev. Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye on his achievements and rise to Archbishop. Also for his impact in the spiritual lives of believers and the shaping of the moral fabric of society as an influential clergyman.<\/p>\n
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