Yendi, 27 October, 2024 / 11:46 pm (ACI Africa).
The pastoral ministry of the pioneer missionaries to the Catholic Diocese of Yendi has flourished, the Local Ordinary of the 25-year-old Ghanaian Diocese has said.
Speaking on the eve of the climax of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of his Episcopal See, Bishop Matthew Yitiereh recognized with appreciation the contribution of the members of the Divine Word Missionaries (SVDs) and their counterparts of the Society of African Missions (SMA) in the growth of Yendi Diocese since its erection in 1999.
“We are actually gathering in the Diocese of Yendi, which began some years back with the arrival of early missionaries,” Bishop Yitiereh said during the Friday, October 25 event, and emphasized, “The seed they sowed has blossomed.”
The events of the Silver Jubilee celebrations, he said, “will go down to the annals of our history as a Diocese.”
Organized under the theme, “Celebrating 25 Years of Rural Evangelization; Challenges, Prospects, and Way Forward as a Synodal Church,” the Silver Jubilee celebrations of Yendi Diocese also commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Episcopal Consecration of the pioneer Local Ordinary, 79-year-old Bishop Vincent Sowah Boi-Nai.
