Roman rite bishops belonging to the Maronite line – updated 9 April 2024

Since the previous update of 29 July 2023, the number of Roman rite bishops belonging to the Maronite line has increased by one with the ordination of an auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of Ahiara, Nigeria.

On 19 December 2023, Father Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F., was ordained Titular Bishop of Rusguniae and Auxiliary to the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Ahiara, Nigeria, by Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji of Owerri who was assisted by Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe of Makurdi and Bishop Augustine Tochukwe Ukwuoma of Orlu.

With this episcopal ordination, there are now fourteen Roman rite bishops belonging to the Maronite line: five 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

Auxiliary Bishop Simeon Okezuo Nwobi, C.M.F., of Ahiara

 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