Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier

Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier (born 26 November 1961) is a Ghanaian Catholic prelate who is the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Damongo in Ghana since 17 December 2010. Before that, from 15 August 1992 until he was appointed bishop, he was a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tamale. He was consecrated and installed at Damongo, Ghana on 25 March 2011.

Background and education Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier was born on 26 November 1961 in Nandom, Upper West Region, in the Diocese of Wa, a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tamale, in northwest Ghana. From 1977 until 1984, he studied at Saint Charles Minor Seminary in Tamale. He then studied philosophy and theology at Saint Victor's Major Seminary in Tamale. Later, he graduated with an advanced degree in "religious psychology" from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy.

Priest He was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Tamale on 15 August 1992. When the Catholic Diocese of Damongo was created in 1995, he was incardinated in the new diocese on 3 February 1995. He served as a priest until 17 December 2010. He continues to serve as the Local Ordinary of the diocese of Damongo as of 2023.