Francis Bomansaan

Francis Bomansaan M.Afr. (born 19 January 1962) is a Ghanaian Catholic prelate who is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wa in the Metropolitan Ecclesiastical Province of Tamale in Ghana. He was appointed bishop by Pope Francis on 22 May 2024. Before that, from 27 July 1991, until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Catholic Religious order of the Missionaries of Africa (M.Afr.). He was consecrated as bishop and installed at Wa, Ghana on 22 May 2024.

Background and education He was born on 19 January 1962 at Kaleo, Diocese of Wa, Upper West Region, in northwestern Ghana. He became a member of the Order of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) in 1983. He took his perpetual wows for that religious society on 7 December 1990. He holds a diploma in Ignatian Spirituality, from the Jesuits Centre in Liverpool, England. His Master of Arts in psycho-spirituality and counselling was awarded by an institution in Chicago, Illinois, United States. He also studied at the Saint Anselm Institute in London and at the Religious Formation Ministry Programme, from Loreto House, Dublin, Ireland.

Priest On 7 December 1990 he took his perpetual vows of the Society of the White Fathers. He was ordained a priest of that Catholic religious Order on 27 July 1991. He served as a priest until 22 May 2024. He was consecrated and installed at Wa on 2 August 2024. The Principal Consecrator was Archbishop Philip Naameh, Archbishop of Tamale assisted by Bishop Paul Bemile, Bishop Emeritus of Wa and Bishop Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, Bishop of Sunyani.