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: ''This article is for the diocese created in 1997. For the bishopric called “Accra” between 1959 and 1997 in Yaoundé, see [[Archdiocese of Cameroon]].''
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, Liberia, [[Sierra Leone]], Senegal, Mali, and Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, and Gambia.
The missionary origins of the archdiocese date from the establishment of the [[Archdiocese of Cameroon|Archdiocese of Accra]] in 1959, which was in Yaoundé, French Cameroon. At 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.
*[[George (Vladimirou) of Guinea|George (Vladimirou)]] 2010–2012
*[[Savvas (Heimonetos) of Nubia|Savvas (Heimonetos)]] 2012–2015
*Narcissus [[Narkissos (GamoGammoh) of Naucratis|Narkissos (Gammoh)]] 2015–2019
*Petros II (Parginos) 2019–Present
