Teresa Okure is a Nigerian Catholic nun. She was the first African to become a member of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus.[1] She is a Professor in residence of the Department of Bible Theology, at the Catholic Institute of West Africa, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.[2] Okure teaches New Testament and Gender Hermeneutics, and has taught at the Institute since 1999.[3] She earned her Ph.D at Fordham University. In 2013, she was noted as a possible candidate for appointment as a female cardinalbyPope Francis.[4]
