A thanksgiving Mass was held on Sunday 15th March,2026 at the St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral, Goaso to mark the elevation of Justice Paul Kwadwo Baffoe-Bonnie as Ghana’s Chief Justice.The Mass was celebrated by the Bishop of the Diocese of Goaso, Most. Rev. Peter Kwaku Atuahene. Also present was his Vicar General, Monsignor Matthew Kwaku Addai and other priests.
The celebration drew members of the legal fraternity, clergy, traditional authorities, and well-wishers.
Also present was the Paramount Queen Mother of the Goaso Traditional Council, Nana Afia Serwaa, together with members of the traditional council, highlighting the pride of the Goaso community in the Chief Justice’s achievement.
Justice Baffoe-Bonnie, a native of Goaso, was sworn in as Chief Justice by President John Dramani Mahama on November 17, 2025. He had earlier served as Acting Chief Justice and previously as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana, to which he was appointed in 2008 by former President John Agyekum Kufuor.
Born in Goaso on December 26, 1956, he received his early education at the Goaso Roman Catholic Primary and Middle Schools before continuing to Konongo Odumase Senior High School, the University of Ghana, and the Ghana School of Law, where he was called to the Bar in 1983.
The thanksgiving service marked a proud homecoming for the Chief Justice, whose elevation to the nation’s highest judicial office has brought honour to Goaso and the wider Ahafo Region.