The Anglican Diocese of Seychelles in the West Indian Ocean has eternally recognised the Asantehene Nana Agyeman Prempeh I for his unyielding Christian faith while in exile.
It concludes the centenary celebrations in Ghana and Seychelles of Prempeh’s return after 27 years. The 166-year-old cathedral, on Monday, October 27, 2025, unveiled a major concrete plaque with a marble imprint of salutation at the conspicuous garden site of its West Door.
The synod of the diocese has also officially declared that the third week of May every year would be observed with a Eucharistic Mass as Nana Agyeman Prempeh I Memorial Day.
The 5th Bishop of the Diocese, the Rt. Rev. Elizabeth Danny who delivered the homily, said it was interesting that the centenary celebrations should end at the cathedral where Prempeh worshipped after his baptism at the St. Agnes’ Church on May 29, 1904.
Bishop Danny, who jointly unveiled the plaque with the Director of the Manhyia Palace Museum, Ivor Agyeman-Duah, representing the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, also praised the descendants of Prempeh living on the island for their exemplary life styles in keeping the name of their great ancestor alive.
Prempeh I is the third personality to be honoured by the St. Pau’s Cathedral, one of the ancient cathedrals in the Western Indian Ocean. The first was its founding bishop, the English Sir John Thorp, the ceremony of whose memorial was witnessed by The Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Rt. Hon. Julian Edward George in 1962; and the Cathedral Bell in honour of the late Archbishop Emeritus, French K. Change-Him in July 2024.
In a message read on behalf of the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Dean of the Cathedral Father Byrian Volcere, he thanked the church for the honour done his great uncle and said it was most unfortunate he could not join them in the service. “The Anglican Church in Asante and Ghana as a whole is what it is, in part, because of his cultivated faith within the walls of this cathedral. We feel fulfilled that the centenary celebrations have ended here with the erection of this monument.”
He also commended the transition of power from former president and major Anglican priest, Wavel Ramkalawan to the current Dr. Patrick Herminie; and urged them to let unity prevail as the problems they seek to resolve, like those in Ghana, need unity of purpose.
The cathedral also received six cartons of communion wine, wafers and an amount of US$2,000 for the service from Agyeman-Duah on behalf of the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
One of the great grandchildren of Prempeh, Suzy Prempeh-Marimba, who works in the tourism industry, says the narrative for visitors to the ancient cathedral will change with the monument. The descendants are also celebrating a selected art collage of the family, New Generation, at the ongoing Hands of Heritage exhibition at the National Arts Gallery in the capital Victoria by a third-generation member of the family and a UNESCO protégé, Andrya Prempeh-Marimba.
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