Diocese of Port Harcourt
Portus Harcurten(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Port Harcourt, Nigeria
The Diocese of Port Harcourt is a Latin Rite diocese in Rivers State, Nigeria, erected in 1961 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Calabar. The see has been vacant since April 2025, with Bishop Patrick S. Eluke serving as Apostolic Administrator.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 16 May 1961
- Latin
- Portus Harcurten(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002638
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 218,412
- Population
- 4,521,429
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 4.8%
- Priests
- 175
- Catholics per priest
- 1,248
- Extent
- 21,850 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 10.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Camillus Archibong Etokudoh
- Born
- 3 August 1949
- Birthplace
- Ikot Uko Etor
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Corpus Christi Cathedral, Port Harcourt stands in Port Harcourt, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Calabar
A suffragan of Calabar.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CalabarCalabar
- Diocese of Ikot EkpeneIkot Ekpene
- Diocese of OgojaOgoja
- Diocese of UyoUyo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Port Harcourt, in Rivers State, Nigeria, holds the episcopal see of this Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church (Latin: Portus Harcurten(sis)), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Calabar.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.