St. Michael Co-Cathedral, Keta

St. Michael Co-Cathedral is a Roman Catholic co-cathedral in Keta, in the Volta Region of Ghana. It belongs to the Diocese of Keta-Akatsi, whose principal bishop's seat is Christ the King Cathedral in Akatsi; Keta's church therefore serves as the diocese's second cathedral. The church is dedicated to St. Michael and is tied to the early Catholic mission in Keta, a history the parish marked with a 135th anniversary in 2025.

For a visitor, the building's main draw is its memorial role. Bishop Augustin (Augustine) Herman, the first Bishop and Vicar Apostolic of the then Lower Volta Vicariate, died on 8 April 1945 and is buried at Keta. His tomb is at the church, and a Bishop Herman Memorial Day is observed there with a Mass, a filing past the tomb, a brass band float through Keta's streets, a lecture and a reenactment of his life. Bishop Herman is credited with establishing more than 2,000 schools in the Lower Volta Vicariate, which is the reason his memory is kept so deliberately in this town.

The cathedral stands in Keta, in Keta Municipal District, Volta Region. Coordinates recorded for the site are approximately 5.91331 latitude and 0.99126 longitude, corresponding to the Plus Code grid 6FQ2WX7R+8G. The location is listed simply as Keta, Volta, Ghana.

What a visitor can reasonably expect is a working Catholic cathedral rather than a museum: a place of worship where the tomb and memorial observances are part of parish and diocesan life. The cathedral administrator is Very Rev. Fr. Michael Elorm Gbordzor, and the diocesan bishop is Most Rev. Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, SVD.

Practical details are limited in the available record. No opening hours, entry fees, guided-tour arrangements or accessibility information are documented here, and the memorial programme is an annual observance rather than a daily event. Visitors should plan around the fact that this is an active church, and confirm current visiting arrangements locally before travelling.