Bishop Konings Social Centre

Bishop Konings Social Centre is a Catholic hospitality and conference facility in the Volta Region of Ghana, run under the Catholic Diocese of Ho. It combines guest house accommodation, a restaurant and conference rooms in one complex, and it is listed among places to stay in Ho by the GhanaTRVL regional directory.

The centre stands behind the Catholic Secretariat in Ho, in the Ho Municipal District. Some sources place it specifically at Sokode Lokoe, the locality where its foundation stone was laid and blessed by Bishop Francis Lodonu on 4 December 1993. It is dedicated to St. John Baptist Vianney, the patron saint of parish priests, and takes its name from Bishop Anthony Konings, the Dutch SMA bishop of the Keta Diocese who ordained Lodonu in 1964.

Its main role is as a conference venue. Reporting describes it as hosting regional and national conferences, both religious and civic, and notes that it has grown into a guest house, restaurant and conference centre. The 10th Plenary Assembly of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa (AECAWA) was held here in 2004, which gives a sense of the scale of gatherings the centre has accommodated.

For a visitor, the practical appeal is straightforward: a church-run base in Ho with lodging, meals and meeting space in the same place, and a location behind the Catholic Secretariat rather than on a commercial strip. The Ho Diocese directory lists the manager as Mr. William Kpende, with a postal address of Box 350, Ho, and a telephone number given as 091-28477 in older listings and 233-91-28477 in a later directory.

Planning details are limited. No room count, rates, opening hours, email address or website were verified, and no street address or coordinates were confirmed. Travellers should treat the contact details as unconfirmed and check current arrangements directly before relying on them.