Cephas Narh Omenyo

Cephas Narh Omenyo is a Ghanaian theologian and academic who was the 17th Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana from August 2016 to August 2018.

Early life Omenyo was born to Cephas Tettey Mate Omenyo and Felicia Namo Omenyo. He is the fifth among 10 children (seven male and three female).

Education Omenyo had his basic and secondary education at the Presbyterian Primary, Middle and Secondary schools at Bechem in the Brong Ahafo Region respectively. He completed his sixth-form education in Science at the Sunyani Secondary School.

Omenyo started his theological education at the then Trinity College (now Trinity Theological Seminary) from 1982 to 1985. He graduated from the University of Ghana with BA degree in Sociology and the Study of Religions. He obtained his M.Phil. (Study of Religions) from the University of Ghana in 1994 and his Ph.D. from the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, in 2002.

On 17 August 2018, Omenyo became indisposed and the position of Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana was declared vacant by the General Assembly Council of the Presbyterian Church. On 23 August 2018 Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante, immediate past President of the Trinity Theological Seminary, was elected to succeed Omenyo as the 18th Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana at the end of the 18th General Assembly in Akropong-Akuapem.

Personal life Omenyo is married to Rosekel, a teacher and librarian. They have two sons and a daughter.