Reverend Father Alfred Agyenta, a lecturer at the St. Victor’s Major Seminary and the St. Augustine Millennium Seminary in Tamale, has been appointed Bishop for the Catholic Diocese of Navrongo Bolgatanga.
Pope Benedict XVI, after a diligent search and reflection has chosen and appointed Fr Agyenta to succeed the late Most Reverend Lucas Abadamloora, who died on 23rd December 2009.
This was announced in Bolgatanga on Tuesday by Rev Fr Cosmos Ambrosini, Secretary to the Apostolic Nuncio, Most Rev Leon B Kalenga,
in the presence of Most Rev Philip Naameh, ArchBishop of Tamale Diocese.
Rev Fr Agyenta, 52, was born at Wiaga, in the Upper East Region, and ordained priest in August 1988.
He served as curate to the Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Cathedral, Navrongo, from 1988 to 1991 after which he undertook further studies and later lectured at the St Victor’s Major Seminary in Tamale.
He obtained his doctorate (PhD) in 2006 and has since taught at the two seminaries.
Rev. Agyenta’s appointment has come as welcome news to the people of the Diocese who were eager to have a new Bishop.