Fr. Stephen Dogodzi installed SVD Ghana-Liberia Vice Provincial

Parish Priest of St. Charles Lwanga Catholic Church, Abeka, Rev. Fr. Stephen E.K. Dogodzi, SVD has been elected, appointed and installed Vice Provincial of the Ghana-Liberia Province of the Congregation of the Divine Word Missionaries ( SVD).

Fr. Dogodzi, SVD replaces Rev. Fr. Andrews Obeng, SVD who is set to go for further studies in Rome.

His appointment was carried in a letter by the Superior General of the Divine Word Missionaries, Father Paulus Budi Kleden, SVD.

Fr. Dogodzi, SVD told Catholic Trends after his installation on June 1, that he sees his appointment as a new challenge. That which brings him joy and serves as a sign of his contribution by the grace of God to the Province.

“I am grateful to God, to my Provincial Superior and my Confreres who have confidence in me to help build this Province. I am a new entrant to the Council. The Provincial Superior and other members have been in the old Council. What I can bring on board is the promotion of the mission to become a self-reliant Province. I have done this self-reliance project with the Missions Office for the past 9 years that I have led that office. I hope to bring that knowledge to the entire province,” Fr. Dogodzi said.

Apart from Fr. Dogodzi,SVD all other members of the Council, comprising the Provincial Superior, Fr. Cyprian Kuupol, SVD. The Admonitor, Fr. Charles Ashun, SVD and Councillors, Frs. Jojo George Monoth, SVD and Marek Dabrowski, SVD were part of the 2020-2023 administration.

Until his appointment as Vice Provincial of the Ghana-Liberia Province, Fr. Dogodzi has been serving as mission secretary and superior delegatus of the SVD.

His appointment coincides with his 25th anniversary as a religious missionary and his 20th anniversary as a religious priest this year