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Fr. Emmanuel

  

Fr. Emmanuel Tabi Mensah, a Ghanaian by birth, was ordained a priest on July 11, 1992.  He was raised by a Catholic family and reckons his faith and vocation from his Catholic upbringing. Before his appointment to St. Mary of the Presentation Parish as an Associate Pastor in 2014 and then Pastor in 2015, he had previously served as:


  • Associate Pastor       1992-1995     St. Paul’s Parish, Asante-Mampong, Ghana
  • Pastor                        1995-2000    St. Anthony’s Parish, Dwinyama, Ghana
  • Director                     2000-2008   Kumasi Archdiocesan Human Development Office
  • Pastor                       2000-2008    Holy Trinity Parish
  • Chaplain                   1996-2008     Kumasi Archdiocesan Women Council
  • Dean                         1999-2000    Tepa Deanery
  • Managing Director  2005              Kumasi Catholic Press
  • Consultor                 1997-2008     (Two Terms)
  • Secretary                 1998-2003     Priests’ Council
  • Associate Pastor    2009-2012      St. Ursula’s Parish, Parkville, MD
  • Catholic Chaplain   2013               Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
  • Chaplain                 2014               St. Agnes’ Hospital, Catonsville, MD


Fr. Tabi Mensah has had the privilege of studying at the following institutions:


1978 – 1985        St. Hubert’s Minor Seminary, Kumasi, Ghana

1986 – 1992        St. Peter’s Major Regional Seminary, Cape Coast, Ghana

1995 – 1996        Maryknoll Institute of African Studies of St Mary’s University, MN

2011 – 2014        Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD


Johns Hopkins Academic Medicine, Baltimore, MD (Clinical Pastoral Education)

Maryview Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA (Clinical Pastoral Education)

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