A requiem and thanksgiving mass was held yesterday for the late Rt Rev Lt. Col Francis William Banahene Thompson (retd), who passed away on December 28, 2010 at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Accra. He was 84.
The mass brought together bishops of all the dioceses of the Anglican Church in Ghana to say goodbye to the late Rev. Thompson, who was the Quondam Anglican Bishop of Accra.
The officiating minister, the Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa (CPWA) and Bishop of Accra, Most Rev. Dr Justice O. Akrofi, was supported by other clergymen and bishops of the Anglican faith from across the country.
A retired Archbishop of CPWA and Bishop of Koforidua and Ho, Rt. Rev. Mathias Medadues-Badoho, officiated the Prayer of Surrender, which read in part, “We give back to you, Lord who gave him to us; yet as you do not lose him in giving; so we have not lost him by return...”.
There were farewell messages from friends and sympathisers and the alma mater of the bishop, the Accra Academy Old Boys Association.
After the mass, the bishops led a procession from the church premises on the High Street in Accra, to the Osu Military Cemetery where the mortal remains of the late Rt. Rev. Thompson was interred.
Among the dignitaries present were the Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Henry Smith (retd) and his predecessor, Dr Kwame Addo Kufour.
Rev. Thompson was, among other things, educated at the Government Senior Boys School, where he was the school prefect/bell boy and had his secondary education at Accra Academy.
He was trained in the Monastery of the Order of Benedict Nashdom Abbey in the UK from 1958-1962 and also studied at the House of Sacred Mission/Kelham Theological College from 1962-1963 and attended a number of courses and seminars.
He was ordained a Deacon in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Accra on the Feast of St Michael and All Angels on September 29, 1963 and finally ordained a priest at St Nicholas, Adisadel College at Cape Coast the following year.
In 1968, Rev. Thompson was seconded to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) where he was posted to St George’s Garrison Church, Burma Camp as Officiating Chaplain to the GAF, where he served until July 31, 1982 before he retired as Lieutenant Colonel.
He left behind a wife and two children.
The mass brought together bishops of all the dioceses of the Anglican Church in Ghana to say goodbye to the late Rev. Thompson, who was the Quondam Anglican Bishop of Accra.
The officiating minister, the Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa (CPWA) and Bishop of Accra, Most Rev. Dr Justice O. Akrofi, was supported by other clergymen and bishops of the Anglican faith from across the country.
A retired Archbishop of CPWA and Bishop of Koforidua and Ho, Rt. Rev. Mathias Medadues-Badoho, officiated the Prayer of Surrender, which read in part, “We give back to you, Lord who gave him to us; yet as you do not lose him in giving; so we have not lost him by return...”.
There were farewell messages from friends and sympathisers and the alma mater of the bishop, the Accra Academy Old Boys Association.
After the mass, the bishops led a procession from the church premises on the High Street in Accra, to the Osu Military Cemetery where the mortal remains of the late Rt. Rev. Thompson was interred.
Among the dignitaries present were the Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Henry Smith (retd) and his predecessor, Dr Kwame Addo Kufour.
Rev. Thompson was, among other things, educated at the Government Senior Boys School, where he was the school prefect/bell boy and had his secondary education at Accra Academy.
He was trained in the Monastery of the Order of Benedict Nashdom Abbey in the UK from 1958-1962 and also studied at the House of Sacred Mission/Kelham Theological College from 1962-1963 and attended a number of courses and seminars.
He was ordained a Deacon in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Accra on the Feast of St Michael and All Angels on September 29, 1963 and finally ordained a priest at St Nicholas, Adisadel College at Cape Coast the following year.
In 1968, Rev. Thompson was seconded to the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) where he was posted to St George’s Garrison Church, Burma Camp as Officiating Chaplain to the GAF, where he served until July 31, 1982 before he retired as Lieutenant Colonel.
He left behind a wife and two children.
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