Bishop of Port Harcourt

The Bishop of Port Harcourt is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Harcourt in the Ecclesiastical province of Calabar, Nigeria.

Bishop of Port Harcourt
Bishopric
catholic
Incumbent:
Camillus Archibong Etokudoh
Location
Ecclesiastical provinceCalabar
Information
First holderGodfrey Okoye
Established1961
DiocesePort Harcourt
CathedralCorpus Christi Cathedral

The diocese covers an area of 21,850 km2 (8,440 square miles). The Episcopal see is in Port Harcourt where the bishop's seat (cathedra) is located at the Corpus Christi Cathedral, D-line.[1] The current bishop is the Most Reverend Camillus Archibong Etokudoh, the third Bishop of Port Harcourt.

List of the Bishops of Port Harcourt
Roman Catholic Bishops of Port Harcourt
From Until Incumbent Notes
1961 1970 Godfrey Okoye Bishop[2]
1970 1973 Dominic Ignatius Ekandem Apostolic Administrator[3]
1973 1991 Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon Apostolic Administrator[4]
1991 2009 Alexius Obabu Makozi Bishop[5]
2009 present Camillus Archibong Etokudoh Bishop[6]

See also
  • List of Roman Catholic churches in Port Harcourt
  • Roman Catholicism in Nigeria

References
  1. "Bishop Ordains 10 Catholic Priests". The Tide. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
  2. "Bishop Godfrey Okoye". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  3. "Bishop Dominic Ekandem". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  4. "Bishop Edmund Fitzgibbon". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  5. "Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  6. "Bishop Camillus Archibong Etokudoh". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
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