Archbishop Peter Turkson made his appeal Monday at a meeting of the bishops´ conference and the university´s planning committees in Accra.
The bishops´ conference also issued a pastoral letter to Catholics and non-Catholics appealing for support so that the university can commence academic activities next year at Fiapre, near Sunyani, in the Brong Ahafo region.
In November 1998 the bishops´ conference officially announced plans to establish a Catholic university in this western African nation of 19.8 million. The school would be open to students regardless of their religious, ethnic or social backgrounds.
The university´s program will begin with three main disciplines: information science and technology; theology and philosophy; and administration and management.
