Name of Parish: St. John Paul II
Location: Ayomso
Name of Priest: Rev. Fr. Alexander Nkansah – PP
Outstations: Fawohoyeden, Kumaho, Minkakrom, Gyasikrom, Dotton, Anwianwia.
Contacts: C/O Box 162, Goaso
HISTORY OF ST. JOHN PAUL ll PARISH - AYOMSO.
The St. John Paul II Catholic church at Ayomso began in the 1940’s. Founders included; Kwame Wuo, Peter Nkumsah, Hoptile Osei, Simon Acheampong and Elizabeth Amoanimaa. They were all farmers at Ayomso. The patron saint at the beginning was St. Anthony. Initially, they built the church opposite the co-operative cocoa farmers shed on Fawohoyeden road. Because they were all illiterates, they could not read the Holy Bible and so relied mostly only on Holy Rosary recitations and morning prayers. At that time, they attended church services only on Sundays. This continued until the middle of 1950’s when Joseph Frimpong and C.Y Mensah came to help in the reading of the bible on Sundays.
During the latter part of 1960, the church building collapsed due to heavy rains and for that reason, church services were held at the co-operative cocoa farmers shed with the permission of the then chief, Nana Kwaku Duah. During that period, the church was part of Mim Parish. After several consultations, the then chief of Ayomso, released a new plot of land for the church and the mission house. At that time, Yaw Twene was occupying the land and had grown cassava there but he agreed to give the land to the church for compensation in kind not cash. Thereafter, a mud building (Atakpame structure) was erected for church services. At that time, the congregation was about eighty-five (85) including children.
Few years later, Goaso became a parish and Ayomso became part of its outstations with Fr. Patrick Lynch S.M.A, as the first parish priest. The first church building collapsed and a new one was constructed in 1988. On 18th November 2011, the bishop visited Ayomso church and in their welcome address they implored him to elevate Ayomso to a parish status. Not long after, the request was granted. Fr. John William Fynn was the first parish priest from 2015 to 2016 followed by Fr. Daniel Afum from Nov. 2016. On 28th October 2018, St. John Paul II Quasi Parish was elevated to Parish Status. In 2025, Fr. Alexander Nkansah took over the parish as the parish priest.
Outstations: Fawohoyeden, Kumaho, Minkakrom, Gyasikrom, Dottom and Anwianwia.
Societies: Choir, C.W.A, St. Theresa of the Child Jesus, Youth, Christian Mothers Association, Knights and Ladies of the Altar, Men’s society and Singing Ministry.