Roman rite bishops belonging to the Maronite line
(updated 29
July 2023)
The
number of Roman rite bishops belonging to the Maronite line has increased by
one with the recent ordination of an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of
Calabar, Nigeria. Their number has increased to thirteen: four in Nigeria and
nine in the Caribbean. They are:
in Nigeria:
Archbishop Joseph Effiong Ekuwem of Calabar
Archbishop Lucius Iewjuru Ugorji of
Owerri
Bishop Donatus Edet Akpan of Ogoja
Auxiliary Bishop Christopher
Naseri-Mutiti Naseri of Calabar
in the Caribbean:
Kelvin Edward Cardinal Felix, Archbishop emeritus of Castries
Archbishop Edward Joseph Gilbert,
C.Ss.R., emeritus of Port of Spain
Archbishop Joseph Everard Harris,
C.S.Sp., emeritus of Port of Spain
Archbishop Patrick Christopher
Punder of Nassau
Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon of
Port of Spain
Archbishop Gabriel Malzaire of
Castries
Bishop Francis Dean Alleyne,
O.S.B., of Georgetown
Bishop Robert Anthony Llanos of Saint
John’s-Basseterre
Bishop Gerard Maximin County,
C.S.Sp., of Kingstown