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 province | Calabar |
| Information | |
| First holder | Godfrey Okoye |
| Established | 1961 |
| Diocese | Port Harcourt |
| Cathedral | Corpus 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 edit
| 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 edit
References edit
- ^ "Bishop Ordains 10 Catholic Priests". The Tide. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Bishop Godfrey Okoye". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ "Bishop Dominic Ekandem". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ "Bishop Edmund Fitzgibbon". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ "Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2016.[self-published source]
- ^ "Bishop Camillus Archibong Etokudoh". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2016.[self-published source]