Bishop Lodonu's Work in The Volta Region
On October 10, 1976 Bishop Lodonu officially opened St. Cecilia Parish at Ho Dome. Fr. Evaristus Etorwu Amegadzi was the pioneer Parish Priest who started the foundation of the parish.
On 31 May 1980, Bishop Lodonu moved his official residence from Kpando (Bishop Herman College) to Ho, the seat of the then Keta-Ho and now Ho Diocese established 19 December, 1994. He was accompanied by Rev. Frs. Simon Agboso (Bursar) and Sylvester Mawusi (Development officer) and Mr. Philip Odikro, (Cook)
On 13 December 1984, Lodonu, then Bishop of Keta –Ho purchased and took over the management of Volta Commercial College, Hohoe established in 1962 by Mr. Ofosu Appiah. On the 20th of March, 1986 the name was changed to St. Agatha’s Commercial College. It is Co-educational Second Cycle Institution that offers a three year programme in secretarial, Accounting and Business Studies and 2-year Diploma programme in Accounting, Secretarial and Marketing.
The Diocesan Secretariat was built in Ho and dedicated by Bishop Lodonu on 13 April 1985, in the presence of the Pro-Nuncio, Archbishop Ivan Dias.
On the 4th of December 1993 Bishop Lodonu laid and blessed the foundation stone of Bishop Konings Social Centre at Sokode Lokoe a suburb of Ho. The Centre dedicated to St. John Baptist Vianney, the Patron Saint of Parish Priests has accommodation, conference rooms and a restaurant.
In June 2004, the Bishop was appointed officially to bring peace between the Nkonyas and the Alavanyos as a Member and Vice Chairman of the Mediation Committee.
Through the efforts of the Catholic Diocesan Peace Building & Conflict Transformation Centre, the Mediation Committee received the necessary material and technical support enabling the communities of Nkonya and Alavanyo to reach a level of Peace today. This Mediation Committee, is still working to bring lasting peace to the two traditional Areas.
Lodonu was awarded the Order of the Volta by the Government of Ghana on 1 July 2006 for distinguishing himself in the Christian Religion.
2006 marked 30th Anniversary of the installation of the Bishop in Ho and the public declaration of Ho as the Episcopal See of Keta-Ho Diocese (which comprised, at that time, virtually the whole Volta Region.)
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