Wa, 06 August, 2024 / 10:33 pm (ACI Africa).
The newly Consecrated Local Ordinary of the Catholic Diocese of Wa in Ghana will have to stock anew his wardrobe as he begins his Episcopal Ministry, having been in possession of “only jeans”, he has said.
Bishop Francis Bomansaan who was speaking during his Thanksgiving Mass at St. Andrew’s Cathedral of his Episcopal See on August 3, the day after his Consecration, recounted his experiences since his Episcopal appointment was made public on May 22, and how a statement by a Vatican Cardinal has “transformed” him.
“I have to change my wardrobe because many of my confreres know that I have only jeans in my wardrobe and I have only one black trousers for official duties and that was the only black trousers I wore to the Vatican,” he said.
The Ghanaian member of the Society of the Missionaries of Africa (M.Afr.) went on to recall the special treatment he received at the airport in Ghana’s capital city, Accra.
“When I arrived in Accra, I felt cold. As soon as I came out of the plane, there was protocol that picked me into the VIP lounge. I have never been to that VIP lounge. I was there but more or less shivering asking where I was,” Bishop Bomansaan shared.
