Suffragan diocese Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Diocese of Port Harcourt
Portus Harcurten(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1961
- Catholics
- 218,412
- Priests
- 175
- Territory
- 21,850 km²
Parishes and churches
110 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Augustine's Catholic Church, UmuebuluUmuebuluView parish
- St. Bernard's Parish, BiaraBiaraView parish
- St. Brendan's Catholic Church UlakwoTown not recordedView parish
- St. Brigid's Parish, Bodo CityBodo CityView parish
- St. Charles Quasi Parish, KpongKpongView parish
- St. Clements’ Catholic Church, Ozuoba, AkporAkporView parish
- St. Daniel's Catholic Church, NkoroNkoroView parish
- St. Dominic's Catholic Church, BaneBaneView parish
- St. Elizabeth’s Quasi Parish AkiamaTown not recordedView parish
- St. Fintan's Quasi Parish, ZaakponZaakponView parish
- St. Francis Catholic Parish, KpeanKpeanView parish
- St. Gabriel's Parish, RumuosiRumuosiView parish
- St. Gerald's Parish, Uegwere Bo-ueUegwere Bo-ueView parish
- St. Gregory Quasi Parish, EgbedaEgbedaView parish
- St. Gregory's Parish, BomuBomuView parish
- St. James Catholic Church, KpiteKpiteView parish
- St. James Parish, EnekaEnekaView parish
- St. James' Parish, Rainbow TownRainbow TownView parish
- St. Jerome Catholic Church, EgbeluEgbeluView parish
- St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, YegheYegheView parish
- St. John the Baptist Parish, RumuolumeniRumuolumeniView parish
- St. John's Parish, ObiohiaObiohiaView parish
- St. John's Parish, RumuokwurusiRumuokwurusiView parish
- St. John's Quasi Parish, IgbodoIgbodoView parish
- St. John's Quasi Parish, UmuoyeUmuoyeView parish
- St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Igbo - EtcheIgbo - EtcheView parish
- St. Joseph's Parish, AbonnemaAbonnemaView parish
- St. Joseph's Parish, BoriBoriView parish
- St. Joseph's Parish, Elele AliminiElele AliminiView parish
- St. Joseph's Parish, UmuaturuUmuaturuView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Camillus Archibong Etokudoh
- Born
- 3 August 1949
- Birthplace
- Ikot Uko Etor
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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.
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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