RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Ghana

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Ghanaian Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Ghanaian Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Peter Turkson (1948 - )

With an HPI of 53.01, Peter Turkson is the most famous Ghanaian Religious Figure.  His biography has been translated into 34 different languages on wikipedia.

Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson (born 11 October 1948) is a Ghanaian prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church who has served as chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Sciences since 2022. He was president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace from 2009 to 2017 and the inaugural prefect of the Dicastery for the Promotion of Integral Human Development from 2017 to 2021. Turkson was Archbishop of Cape Coast from 1992 to 2009. He was made a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2003. He has been widely regarded as papabile, that is, a candidate for election to the papacy. The Tablet described him in 2013 as "one of Africa's most energetic church leaders".

2. Peter Poreku Dery (1918 - 2008)

With an HPI of 40.17, Peter Poreku Dery is the 2nd most famous Ghanaian Religious Figure.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Peter Porekuu Dery (10 May 1918 – 6 March 2008), originally Porekuu Der, was a Ghanaian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Tamale from 1974 to 1994, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 2006. He was the Bishop of Wa from 1960 to 1974. The cause for his canonization commenced in mid-2013 and he is now referred to as a Servant of God.