Diocese of Port Harcourt
| Diocese of Port Harcourt | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Calabar |
| Diocesan bishop | Camillus Archibong Etokudoh |
| Auxiliary bishop | Patrick Eluke |
| Vicar General | Cyprian Onwuli |
| founding | 1961 |
| surface | 10,500 km² |
| Parishes | 115 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 5,980,902 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,128,867 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 18.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 126 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 47 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,525 |
| Friars | 86 ( 12/31/2016 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 180 (December 31, 2016 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | English |
| cathedral | Corpus Christi Cathedral |
The diocese of Port Harcourt ( lat. : Dioecesis Portus Harcurtensis ) is in Nigeria situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Port Harcourt .
history
The Diocese of Port Harcourt was on May 16, 1961 by Pope John XXIII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Quod Apostolis from cessions of territory of the diocese of Owerri . On March 17, 1991, the Diocese of Port Harcourt gave up parts of its territory to establish the Mission sui juris Bomadi . The Diocese of Port Harcourt was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Calabar as a suffragan on March 26, 1994 .
Bishops of Port Harcourt
- Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye CSSp , 1961–1970, then Bishop of Enugu
- Alexius Obabu Makozi , 1991-2009
- Camillus Archibong Etokudoh , since 2009