Teresa Okure

{{short description|Nigerian Catholic nun}}

Teresa Okure is a Nigerian Catholic nun. She was the first African to become a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus.{{Cite web|title=The Decree Declaring Cornelia {{!}} SHCJ African Province|url=https://www.shcj.org/african/the-decree-declaring-cornelia/|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.shcj.org}} She is a Professor in residence of the Department of Bible Theology, at the Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.{{Cite web|date=2019-07-23|title=Africa needs courageous Catholics to tackle its challenges, speakers say|url=https://www.ncronline.org/news/world/africa-needs-courageous-catholics-tackle-its-challenges-speakers-say|access-date=2021-04-08|website=National Catholic Reporter|language=en}} Okure teaches New Testament and Gender Hermeneutics, and has taught at the Institute since 1999.{{Cite web|title=Department of Biblical Theology|url=https://www.ciwa.edu.ng/?p=/department/&did=3&biblical-theology/the|access-date=2021-04-08|website=www.ciwa.edu.ng}} She earned her Ph.D at Fordham University. In 2013, she was noted as a possible candidate for appointment as a female cardinal by Pope Francis.{{Cite news|last=Service|first=David Gibson{{!}} Religion News|date=2013-10-18|title=Could Pope Francis make women cardinals?|language=en-US|work=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/could-pope-francis-make-women-cardinals-a-pipe-dream-and-an-opening/2013/10/17/b3d9fcec-376c-11e3-89db-8002ba99b894_story.html|access-date=2021-04-08|issn=0190-8286}}