Diocese of Port Harcourt

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Bishop(s) Alexius Obabu Makozi, Bishop

General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese Erected: 16 May 1961 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Calabar Rite: Latin (or Roman) Country: Nigeria Square Kilometers: 21,850 (8,439 Square Miles) Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1113, 1 Kaduna St., Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria Telephone: (084)33.30.57 Fax: 23.74.44

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Past and Present Ordinaries

• Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp. † (16 May 1961 Appointed - 7 Mar 1970 Appointed, Bishop of Enugu)
• Alexius Obabu Makozi (31 Aug 1991 Appointed - )

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Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
16 May 1961	Erected	Diocese of Owerri	Diocese of Port Harcourt (erected)
17 March 1991	Territory Lost	Diocese of Port Harcourt Diocese of Warri	Mission "Sui Iuris" of Bomadi (erected)

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Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
1969				4	40	44	0		48	28	22	ap1971
1980	73,789	2,593,000	2.8%	3	16	19	3,883		16	12	18	ap1981
1990	93,594	3,045,000	3.1%	16	61	77	1,215		62	33	21	ap1991
1999	100,600	3,500,000	2.9%	30	13	43	2,339		13	104	40	ap2000
2000	110,900	3,500,000	3.2%	28	21	49	2,263		21	111	47	ap2001
2001	112,118	3,500,000	3.2%	86	26	112	1,001		32	93	52	ap2002
2002	200,000	4,121,421	4.9%	106	18	124	1,612		23	108	45	ap2003
2003	2,070,606	4,321,425	47.9%	106	18	124	16,698		27	132	48	ap2004
2004	218,412	4,521,429	4.8%	119	21	140	1,560		32	155	60	ap2005

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

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Affiliated Bishops

• Edmund Joseph Fitzgibbon, S.P.S. (Apostolic Administrator: 20 Nov 1975 to 31 Aug 1991)
• Alexius Obabu Makozi (Bishop: 31 Aug 1991)
• Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp. † (Bishop: 16 May 1961 to 7 Mar 1970)