| 词条 | Godfrey Okoye |
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| type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend | name = Godfrey Okoye | honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|list=C.S.Sp.}} | native_name = | native_name_lang = | title = Bishop of Port Harcourt | image = Bishop Godfrey Okoye.jpg | image_size = 230px | alt = | caption = | church = Roman Catholic | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = | elected = | appointed = 16 May 1961 | term = 1961-1970 | term_start = | quashed = | term_end = 30 June 1981 | predecessor = none | opposed = | successor = Dominic Ignatius Ekandem | other_post = | ordination = 27 July 1947 | ordained_by = | consecration = 3 September 1961 | consecrated_by = Pope John XXIII | cardinal = | created_cardinal_by = | rank = Bishop | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1913|12|19}} | birth_place = Efitedunu, Eastern Region, Nigeria | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1977|03|17|1913|12|19}} | death_place = | buried = | nationality = | religion = | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | previous_post = | education = | alma_mater = | motto = | signature = | signature_alt = | coat_of_arms = | coat_of_arms_alt = | feast_day = | venerated = | saint_title = | beatified_date = | beatified_place = | beatified_by = | canonized_date = | canonized_place = | canonized_by = | attributes = | patronage = | shrine = | suppressed_date = | other = }}Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. (19 December 1913 – 17 March 1977) was a bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Nigeria. He was the first Bishop of Port Harcourt, serving from 3 September 1961 to 7 March 1970. After leaving the diocese of Port Harcourt, he became the second Bishop of Enugu, succeeding Bishop John Cross Anyogu.[1] BiographyOkoye was born on 19 December 1913 to Okoye Nwazulu and Ada Oji in Ifitedunu in the Eastern Region of Nigeria, now Anambra State.[2] He was ordained to priesthood by Most Rev. Dr. Charles Heerey, the Archbishop of Onitsha, on 27 July 1947.[3] In 1950 he became only the second Igbo priest to be admitted into the Congregation of the Holy Spirit.[4] Okoye was heavily involved in events around the Nigerian Civil War, and his explicit support for Biafra raised concerns among fellow priests that they would be targeted in Nigeria.[5] Historian Adrian Hastings described Okoye as a "devout Biafran hawk".[6] In 1977, just before having a hernia operation, Okoye destroyed his personal files detailing his involvement in the war. He died shortly after the operation.[7] See also{{portal bar|Biography|Catholicism|Nigeria}}References1. ^{{cite web|title= Bishop Godfrey Okoye, C.S.Sp. †|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bokoye.html|accessdate= 27 April 2016|website=Catholic-Hierarchy.org}}{{Self-published source|date=April 2016}} 2. ^{{cite book|title=Bishop G.M.P. Okoye : his life, his times|publisher=Everlead Communications|location=Lagos|date=1995|first=Dan Chima|last=Amadi|isbn=9789783336711}} 3. ^{{cite web|title= Our Founder|url=http://www.ddlove.org.ng/about.php?id=3|accessdate= 27 April 2016|work=Daughters of Divine Love Congregation}} 4. ^{{cite book|title=Igbo Culture and the Christian Missions, 1857-1957: Conversion in Theory and Practice|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|date=2010|first=Augustine S. O.|last=Okwu|isbn=9780761848844|page=274}} 5. ^{{cite journal|title=Blaming the Gods: Christian Religious Propaganda in the Nigeria-Biafra War|journal=Journal of African History|volume=51|issue=3|date=2010|last=Omenka|first=Nicholas Ibeawuchi|pages=367-389|doi=10.1017/S0021853710000460}} 6. ^{{cite book|title=A History of African Christianity 1950-1975|date=1979|publisher=Cambridge University Press|first=Adrian|last=Hastings|isbn=9780521293976|page=238}} 7. ^{{cite book|title=Goatskin Bags and Wisdom: New Critical Perspectives on African Literature|first=Ernest|last=Emenyonu|page=383|chapter=Nationalism and the Creative Talent|isbn=9780865436718|date=2000}} External links
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