Bishop of Port Harcourt

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Bishop of Port Harcourt
Bishopric
catholic
Incumbent:
Camillus Archibong Etokudoh
Location
Ecclesiastical province Calabar
Information
First holder Godfrey Okoye
Established1961
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.

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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
FromUntilIncumbentNotes
19611970 Godfrey Okoye Bishop [2]
19701973 Dominic Ignatius Ekandem Apostolic Administrator [3]
19731991 Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon Apostolic Administrator [4]
19912009 Alexius Obabu Makozi Bishop [5]
2009present Camillus Archibong Etokudoh Bishop [6]

See also

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.[ self-published source ]
  3. ↑ "Bishop Dominic Ekandem". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2016.[ self-published source ]
  4. ↑ "Bishop Edmund Fitzgibbon". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2016.[ self-published source ]
  5. ↑ "Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2016.[ self-published source ]
  6. ↑ "Bishop Camillus Archibong Etokudoh". Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved 28 April 2016.[ self-published source ]
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