Sarbah, Cosmas2025-09-082025-09-082025-052572-0651https://hdl.handle.net/2144/51173[On April 18, 1950, the Gold Coast was made a Metropolitan See headquartered in Cape Coast by the decree of the Propaganda fide. This meant that Gold Coast was going to be an Archdiocese with suffragan dioceses. William Thomas Porter was consecrated the first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Cape Coast for the Gold Coast (present day Ghana). The suffragan dioceses were: Accra, Kumasi, Tamale, and Keta. Bishop Porter himself was consecrated Archbishop in a consistory on December 12, 1950, and enthroned as the Metropolitan of the Gold Coast.]en-USCopyright 2025 Dictionary of African Christian Biography. All rights reserved. Reproductions, with appropriate citation and credit, may be made for noncommercial educational purposes. Revision or editing of this content, the creation of derivative works, posting on websites containing advertising, and all other commercial uses require the express written consent of the Journal of African Christian Biography.Article102