“I have to change my wardrobe”: Newly Consecrated Catholic Bishop in Ghana ahead of Episcopal Ministry

“Then I said what is this all about? It’s not my lifestyle,” he recalled.

An encounter with a Cardinal at the Vatican assuaged his discomfort and fears, he said, and went on to share, “What has given me courage is a statement that was made to me when I was at the Vatican. When I finally left the Vatican, the Cardinal told me, ‘Your nomination is not about yourself nor your own convenience’. And that shut me up.”

“Even before I left Rome, this statement has transformed me and what I have witnessed yesterday and today has transformed me,” the Local Ordinary of Wa further said during the August 3 Thanksgiving Mass following his Episcopal Consecration.

He went on to thank all those, who facilitated the event of his Consecration, adding that he has been humbled.

“You have shown me love and I promise you, I accepted this appointment out of obedience and service to you in the Diocese. And I want to say, I give you my whole heart, (and) my whole being as far as I can to my capacity and ability,” Bishop Bomansaan said.

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Born in January 1962 in the Catholic Diocese of Wa, Bishop Bomansaan was ordained a Missionary of Africa Priest in July 1991. He went on to minister in various countries in Africa and beyond, including Tanzania, Zambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Poland, Britain, the U.S., and Ireland.

The Ghanaian Catholic Bishop has succeeded Richard Kuuia Cardinal Baawobr, who passed on in November 2022.

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