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The Holy '''Archdiocese of Accra': '' This article is a [[for the diocese]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the Greek Orthodox [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate of Alexandria]] and All Africacreated in 1997. Its territory includes For the [[parish]]es bishopric called “Accra” between 1959 and missions located 1997 in the nations of [[Ghana]], Ivory Coast, LiberiaYaoundé, see [[Sierra LeoneArchdiocese of Cameroon]], Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, and Gambia. ''

The Holy '''Archdiocese of Accra and West Africa''' is a [[diocese]] under the [[jurisdiction]] of the Greek Orthodox [[Church of Alexandria|Patriarchate of Alexandria]] and All Africa. Its territory includes the [[parish]]es and missions located in the nations of [[Ghana]], Ivory Coast, Mali, and Burkina Faso.  The missionary origins of the archdiocese date from the establishment of the Holy Metropolis [[Archdiocese of Cameroon|Archdiocese of Accra and West Africa on [[January 23]]in 1959, 1959which was in Yaoundé, French Cameroon.[[http://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/indexAt that time, Ghana was transitioning from the British rule to a socialist government, and the possibility of hostility towards Greeks made the archdiocese to be formed in French Cameroon, where independence was being gained by a rather conservative movement.php?module=news&action=list&catid=001]]  The archdiocese was initially established as city of Accra officially received a bishopric in 1997 with the '''Diocese of Ghana''' being established by a Patriarchal and Synodal decree in 1997under the now-called [[Archdiocese of Cameroon]]. On [[November 30]], 1999, Bishop Panteleimon was elected the first [[bishop]] of Ghana and took up residence in the diocese on [[January 18]], 2000. In 2004, Bishop Damaskinos succeeded him as the diocesan bishop. The Diocese of Ghana was elevated to an [[archdiocese]] by a Patriarchal decree on [[October 6]], 2009.

*Efstathios (Efstathopoulos) 1959 – 1976*[[Irenaeus Panteleimon (TalambekosLampadarios) of PilousionAntinoe|Irenaeus Panteleimon (TalambekosLampadarios)]] 1976 – 19901999–2004*[[Petros VII Damaskinos (PapapetrouPapandreou) of AlexandriaJohannesburg and Pretoria|Petros I PapapetrouDamaskinos (Papandreou)]] 1990 – 19972004–2010*<small>(lost territory to establish the [[Panteleimon (Lampadarios) Archdiocese of AntinoeGuinea|Panteleimon (Lampadarios)Diocese of Sierra Leone]] 1997 – 2004)</small>*[[Damaskinos George (PapandreouVladimirou) of Accra Guinea|Damaskinos George (PapandreouVladimirou)]] 2004 – 20102010–2012*[[George Savvas (VladimirouHeimonetos) of AccraNubia|George Savvas (VladimirouHeimonetos)]] 2010 – 20122012–2015*Sabbas [[Narkissos (HeimonetosGammoh) 2012 – 2015*of Naucratis|Narkissos (GamosGammoh) ]] 2015 – 20192015–2019*Petros II (Parginos) 2019 – Present2019–Present