Diocese of

Port Harcourt

Nigeria

Continent: Western and Northern Africa

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Port Harcourt / Portus Harcurten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Calabar

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1961.05.16: Established as Diocese of Port Harcourt / Portus Harcurten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Owerri and became suffragan of Onitsha)
1991.03.17: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Bomadi
1994.03.26: Became suffragan of Calabar

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2025.04.09 – ...):	Bishop Patrick Eluke (58) Titular Bishop of Photice
Auxiliary Bishop (2019.02.12 – ...):	Bishop Patrick Eluke (58) Titular Bishop of Photice

Ordinaries

Bishops of Port Harcourt (Roman Rite)

Bishop Patrick Eluke (58)
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.04.09 – ...)

Bishop Camillus Archibong Etokudoh (75)
(2009.05.04 – 2025.04.09)

Bishop emeritus of Port Harcourt (Nigeria)

Ut omnes unum sint

Born:	1949.08.03 (Ikot Uko Etor, Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1978.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.05.14

Priest of Ikot Ekpene (Nigeria) (1978.07.02 – 1988.01.18)

Titular Bishop of Capra (1988.01.18 – 1989.09.01)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ikot Ekpene (Nigeria) (1988.01.18 – 1989.09.01)

Bishop of Ikot Ekpene (Nigeria) (1989.09.01 – 2009.05.04)

Bishop of Port Harcourt (Nigeria) (2009.05.04 – 2025.04.09)

Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi
(1991.08.31 – 2009.05.04)

Born:	1932.02.15 (Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.05.30
Died:	2016.01.16 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Fallaba (1971.02.20 – 1972.07.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lokoja (Nigeria) (1971.02.20 – 1972.07.30)

Bishop of Lokoja (Nigeria) (1972.07.30 – 1991.08.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Lokoja (Nigeria) (1991.08.31 – 1992.03.06)

Bishop of Port Harcourt (Nigeria) (1991.08.31 – 2009.05.04)

Bishop Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S.
(Apostolic Administrator 1973 – 1991.08.31)

Bishop Dominic Ignatius Ekandem (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1970 – 1973)

Bishop Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp.
(1961.05.16 – 1970.03.07)

Born:	1913.12.19 (Nigeria)
Ordained Priest:	1947.07.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.09.03
Died:	1977.03.17 († 63)

Bishop of Port Harcourt (Nigeria) (1961.05.16 – 1970.03.07)

Bishop of Enugu (Nigeria) (1970.03.07 – 1977.03.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Corpus Christi Cathedral, Port Harcourt, Rivers
International Shrine: International Sanctuary of Jesus the Saviour and Mother Mary, Elele, Rivers

Bomadi (←), Warri (↖), Owerri (↑), Aba (↗), Ikot Ekpene (→), Uyo (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 10,500 km²

Population: 1,257,000 Catholics (19.1% of 6,567,892 total)

Pastoral Centres: 188 parishes

Personnel: 197 priests (165 diocesan, 32 religious), 177 religious (54 brothers, 123 sisters), 96 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.05.17

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