Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye

Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye CSSp (born December 19, 1913 in Ifitedunu ( Eastern Region , Nigeria ), † March 17, 1977 ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and from 1961 to 1970 the first bishop of Port Harcourt , who served in the wake of the Biafra War was dissolved. He was then bishop of Enugu .

Life

Okoye was the youngest of eight children from Okoye Nwazulu and Ada Oji. Between 1931 and 1935 he worked as a teacher and in 1933 in the seminary in Onitsha and was ordained on July 27, 1947 . In 1950 he was accepted as the second Igbo in Ireland as a priest in the Congregatio Sancti Spiritus (CSSp). His first parish was in Elele . Okoye was involved in the events of the Biafra War and his support for Biafra sparked fears among other priests that they would be targeted in the war. In 1977, shortly before a hernia operation, Okoye destroyed his personal records detailing his role in the Biafra war. He died shortly after the operation.

From 1962 to 1965 he took part in the Second Vatican Council . In 1969 he founded the Order of the Daughters of Divine Love (DDL).

Awards

2008: The Catholic University founded in Enugu is named Godfrey Okoye University .

Web links

Literature by and about Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

^ Dan Chima Amadi: Bishop GMP Okoye: his life, his times . Everlead Communications, Lagos 1995, ISBN 9789783336711 .
↑ Augustine SO Okwu: Igbo Culture and the Christian Missions, 1857-1957: Conversion in Theory and Practice . Rowman & Littlefield, 2010, ISBN 9780761848844 , p. 274.
↑ Nicholas Ibeawuchi Omenka: Blaming the Gods: Christian Religious Propaganda in the Nigeria-Biafra War . In: Journal of African History . 51, No. 3, 2010, pp. 367-389. doi : 10.1017 / S0021853710000460 .
↑ Ernest Emenyonu: Nationalism and the Creative Talent . In: Goatskin Bags and Wisdom: New Critical Perspectives on African Literature 2000, ISBN 9780865436718 , p. 383.

predecessor	Office	successor
	Bishop of Harcourt 1961 - 1970	Anthony Okonkwo Gbuji

predecessor	Office	successor
John of the Cross Anyogu	Bishop of Enugu 1970 - 1977	Alexius Obabu Makozi

personal data
SURNAME	Okoye, Godfrey Mary Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Okoye, Godfrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Nigerian clergyman, Roman Catholic Bishop of Enugu
DATE OF BIRTH	December 19, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ifitedunu ( Eastern Region , Nigeria )
DATE OF DEATH	March 17, 1977

[1] Dan Chima Amadi: Bishop GMP Okoye: his life, his times . Everlead Communications, Lagos 1995, ISBN 9789783336711 .

[2] Augustine SO Okwu: Igbo Culture and the Christian Missions, 1857-1957: Conversion in Theory and Practice . Rowman & Littlefield, 2010, ISBN 9780761848844 , p. 274.

[3] Nicholas Ibeawuchi Omenka: Blaming the Gods: Christian Religious Propaganda in the Nigeria-Biafra War . In: Journal of African History . 51, No. 3, 2010, pp. 367-389. doi : 10.1017 / S0021853710000460 .

[4] Ernest Emenyonu: Nationalism and the Creative Talent . In: Goatskin Bags and Wisdom: New Critical Perspectives on African Literature 2000, ISBN 9780865436718 , p. 383.