Bishop of Port Harcourt
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Bishop of Port Harcourt | |
|---|---|
| Bishopric | |
| catholic | |
| Incumbent: [[]] | |
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Calabar |
| Information | |
| First holder | Godfrey Okoye |
| Established | 1961 |
| Diocese | Port Harcourt |
| Cathedral | Corpus Christi Cathedral |
The Bishop of Port Harcourt is the Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Harcourt in the ecclesiastical province of Calabar, Nigeria.
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: [[]]
| 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] |
