Father Anthony Ataamine Anala, SVD was called to eternal life on June 20, 2025.

Father Tony was born January 14, 1977, in Tamale, Ghana. He was the sixth child of nine children born to Paul Oscar Anala and Judith Atinage both now deceased.

He attended Barwah Barrak Primary and Secondary schools in Tamale Ghana and St. Charles minor seminary in Tamale. He joined the Divine Word Missionaries by attending St. Joseph Freinademetz House of Philosophy in Tamale from 1997 to 2001. He attended Divine Word novitiate where he professed first vows on August 1, 2002. He studied theology at the Common Formation Center in Langata-Nairobi, Kenya from 2002-2007. He also received a diploma in social communication at Tangaza College, Catholic University of Eastern Africa from 2002-2007

He professed perpetual vows on August 12, 2006. He was ordained on August 4, 2007, in Nsawan, Ghana by Bishop Michael Blume.

After ordination he was assigned to the Southern Province of St. Augustine in the USA and arrived in the United States on June 1, 2008. He ministered at Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Opelousas, Louisiana. Then assigned to St. Rita in Ft. Worth Texas. He became pastor at Our Lady Star of the Sea in New Orleans, Louisiana. Then moved on being pastor at St. Paul Church in Lafayette, Louisiana. In the last two years Father Tony was pastor at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Lafayette, Louisiana.

Father Tony was a dynamic preacher. He was on the Provincial Council for the Divine Word Missionaries Southern Province and recently attended the worldwide meeting of Divine Word Missionaries in Nemi, Italy. A post on his church's Facebook page states "Fr. Tony was a faithful shepherd who served our parish for two years with love, humility, and devotion. His loss leaves a profound void in our hearts and in our community,".

Rest in peace, Father Anthony Anala, SVD.