Background
Sarpong, Peter Kwasi was born on February 26, 1933 in Maase-Offinso, Ashanti, Ghana. Son of Peter Donkor and Anna Yaa Nkansah.
Sarpong, Peter Kwasi was born on February 26, 1933 in Maase-Offinso, Ashanti, Ghana. Son of Peter Donkor and Anna Yaa Nkansah.
Student, St. Theresa's Major Seminary, 1956. Student, St. Peter's Major Seminary, Cape Coast, Ghana, 1959. Licentiate in Sacred Theology, University St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, 1962.
STD, University St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, 1963. Diploma in Anthropology, M of Letters in Social Anthropology, University Oxford, England, 1965. Doctor of Science (honorary), University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, 1979.
Chancellor Catholic Diocese of Kumasi, 1960-1961. Chaplain Okomfo Anokye Hospital, Kumasi. Rector St. Peter's Major Seminary, 1967-1970.
Bishop of Kumasi, since 1970. Chancellor Catholic Institute West Africa, Port Harcourt, Nigeria, since 1985. Ghana representative Synod of Bishops, Rome, 1971.
Representative Bishops for Promotion of Christian Unity, Rome, 1972. Consultor Papal Commission for Justice and Peace, Rome, 1972-1976, also West African regional correspondent. West African regional liaison Secretariat for Christian Unity, Rome, Secretariat for Non-Believers.
Member committee for African internal affairs Pan African Bishop's Conference. Vice president Catholic Bishop's Conference of Ghana, 1982-1988, president, 1988-1991. Member standing committee Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar.
Chairman council University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, 1972-1977. Chairman Committee Planning for Pre-University Education, 1974-1977, Authorship Development Fund, 1974-1977. Chairman board governors National Cultural Centre, Kumasi, 1974-1977.
Member Ghana Red Cross. Member Council of State, 1980-1981.