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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''' 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, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, and Gambia.
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, which was in Yaoundé, 1959French Cameroon.[[http://www.patriarchateofalexandriaAt 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.com/index.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 1997. 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.
On [[June 26]], 2008, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa opened the [[Seminary]] of the Holy Metropolis of Ghana to serve the theological education needs of the [[metropolis]].
==Ruling Bishops==
*[[Panteleimon (Lampadarios) of Antinoe|Panteleimon (Lampadarios)]] 1997–2004
*[[Damaskinos (Papandreou) of Johannesburg and Pretoria|Damaskinos (Papandreou)]] 2004–2010