Anne Marie Amacher
The Catholic Messenger
DAVENPORT — Bishop Dennis Walsh announced that Father Peter Amoah of Ghana will serve as parochial vicar at St. Joseph Parish in Ottumwa and St. Mary Magdalen Parish in Bloomfield. The priest arrived in the diocese in July.
Father Amoah, 49, grew up in the Archdiocese of Cape Coast, Ghana, Africa. He attended St. Theresa Minor Seminary in Amissano, Ghana; St. Paul Catholic Seminary in Sowutuom, Accra, Ghana; and St. Peter Regional Seminary, Pedu, Cape Coast, Ghana.
He was ordained a deacon on Jan. 15, 2006, at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral in Cape Coast by Archbishop Fans Wiertz of Roemond, Holland. He was ordained to the priesthood on Dec. 1, 2006, at St. Francis de Sales Cathedral by Cardinal Peter Turkson of the Archdiocese of Cape Coast.
He has served at various parishes in the Archdiocese of Cape Coast and taught social studies at Dunkwa Senior High Technical School.
Father Amoah also has a certificate in software development, bachelor’s degree in sociology and religion, post graduate diploma in education and master’s degree in philosophy with an emphasis on human rights.
He has served in other positions, including as a dean on the archdiocesan laity council, a member of the archdiocesan Priests’ Council, Winneba Deanery Women’s Council chaplain, Cape Coast Deanery Women’s Council chaplain and as Swedru Deanery youth chaplain.
