Diocese of Port Harcourt

Diocese of Port Harcourt; Dioecesis Portus Harcurtensis
Location
Country	Nigeria
Territory	Rivers State
Ecclesiastical province	Calabar
Metropolitan	Calabar
Deaneries	11
Coordinates	4°46′38″N 7°00′48″E / 4.77722°N 7.01333°E
Statistics
Area	10,500 km2 (4,100 sq mi)
Population; Total; Catholics	(as of 2022); 6,567,892; 1,257,000 (19.1%)
Parishes	188
Schools	1 Tertiary Institution (CIWA), Bishop Okoye Memorial Spiritual Year Seminary, Kpean, Khana LGA, 1 Minor Seminary (Sacred Heart Seminary, Rumuibekwe), 15 Secondary Schools and 44 Primary Schools
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	16 May 1961
Cathedral	Corpus Christi Cathedral in D-line, Port Harcourt
Secular priests	197
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Vacant
Auxiliary Bishops	Patrick Eluke
Apostolic Administrator	Patrick Eluke
Bishops emeritus	Camillus Archibong Etokudoh
Map
	Port Harcourt is located in Rivers State which is shown in red.
Website
	www.catholicdioceseofportharcourt.org

The Diocese of Port Harcourt (Latin: Portus Harcurten(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Nigeria. The episcopal see is Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The Diocese of Port Harcourt is in the ecclesiastical province of metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabar.

History

May 16, 1961: Established as Diocese of Port Harcourt from the Diocese of Owerri

Bishops of Port Harcourt
- Bishop Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp. (1961.05.16 – 1970.03.07), appointed Bishop of Enugu
- Bishop Alexius Obabu Makozi (1991.08.31 - 2009.05.04)
- Bishop Camillus Archibong Etokudoh (since 2009.05.04 - 2025.04.09)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Harcourt is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.^[1]