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{{Short description|Ghanaian Anglican Bishop|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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'''Justice Ofei Akrofi''' (born 1942) is a Ghanaian Anglican bishop. He is the former [[Anglican]] [[Bishop]] of [[Accra]], [[Ghana]] and former [[archbishop]] ([[primate (bishop)|primate]]) of the [[Church of the Province of West Africa]]. He was elected to that position in 2003, which he held until 2012.<ref>[http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm?mode=entry&entry=1DFB3C52-0FA8-61C1-6E525594596D9352 Anglican Communion News Service: Bishop Akrofi elected new Archbishop of West Africa<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
The archbishop is married to [[physician]] Maria Eugenia Akrofi, and they have two children.

==Education==
Akrofi studied in Ghana and in the [[United States]] at [[Central Connecticut State University|Central Connecticut State College]] (University), receiving B.Sc. and M.Ed. degrees, and at [[Yale University|Yale]], where he graduated in 1976 with a [[Master of Divinity]] degree. Later, he taught at [[Cape coast university|Cape Coast University]] and the [[University of Ghana]] before serving as [[dean (religion)|dean]] of Holy Trinity Cathedral in [[Accra]] and later as Bishop of Accra from 1996 to 2012. In 2000, Akrofi received an [[Commencement at CCSU|honorary doctorate from Central Connecticut State University]].

==Anglican realignment==
Like most African Anglican prelates, Akrofi is widely regarded as a conservative in the [[Anglican Communion]] and has been involved in the [[Anglican realignment]]. The Church of the Province of West Africa was one of the first to break [[full communion|communion]] with the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] of the [[United States]] over the question of admitting non-celibate homosexual clergy. He is a supporter of the [[Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans]] and of the [[Anglican Church in North America]]. He attended the [[Global Anglican Future Conference]], in [[Jerusalem]], in June 2008.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.aco.org/primates/biog/details.cfm?ID=6545 Bio page] from the Anglican Communion

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