Justice Ofei Akrofi is the Anglican Bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 of Accra

Accra

Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, with an urban population of 1,658,937 according to the 2000 census. Accra is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region and of the Accra Metropolitan District, with which it is coterminous...

 (Ghana

Ghana

Ghana , officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Gulf of Guinea to the south...

) and Archbishop

Archbishop

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 (primate

Primate (religion)

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) of the Church of the Province of West Africa

Church of the Province of West Africa

The Church of the Province of West Africa is a province of the Anglican Communion, covering 15 sees in West Africa, specifically in Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone. The current primate of the province is Archbishop Justice Akrofi.-History:...

. He was elected to that position in 2003.

Education

Archbishop Akrofi studied in Ghana and in the United States

United States

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 at Central Connecticut State College

Central Connecticut State University

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 (now a university), receiving there B.Sc. and M.Ed. degrees, and Yale

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

, where he graduated in 1976 with a Master of Divinity

Master of Divinity

In the academic study of theology, the Master of Divinity is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America...

 degree. Later, he taught at Cape Coast University and the University of Ghana

University of Ghana

The University of Ghana is the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian universities and tertiary institutions. It is one of the best universities in Africa and by far the most prestigious in West Africa...

 before serving as dean

Dean (religion)

A dean, in a church context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.-Anglican Communion:...

 of the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Accra

Accra

Accra is the capital and largest city of Ghana, with an urban population of 1,658,937 according to the 2000 census. Accra is also the capital of the Greater Accra Region and of the Accra Metropolitan District, with which it is coterminous...

 and later as Bishop of Accra since 1996. In 2000, Akrofi received an honorary doctorate from Central Connecticut State University

Commencement at CCSU

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.

Other

The archbishop is married to physician

Physician

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 Dr. Maria Eugenia Akrofi, and they have had two children together.

Like many Africa

Africa

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n prelates, Akrofi is widely regarded as a conservative in the Anglican Communion

Anglican Communion

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 and was one of the first people to break communion

Full communion

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 with the Episcopal Church USA.

External links

• Bio page from the Anglican Communion