| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific-Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
| Godfrey Okoye | |
| Bishop of Port Harcourt | |
| Church: | Roman Catholic |
| Appointed: | 16 May 1961 |
| Term: | 1961–1970 |
| Term End: | 30 June 1981 |
| Predecessor: | none |
| Successor: | Dominic Ignatius Ekandem |
| Ordination: | 27 July 1947 |
| Ordained By: | Charles Heerey |
| Consecration: | 3 September 1961 |
| Consecrated By: | Pope John XXIII |
| Rank: | Bishop |
| Birth Date: | 1913 12, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Ifitedunu, Eastern Region, Nigeria |
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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]
Okoye 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]