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.
In 2013, she was noted as a possible candidate for appointment as a female cardinal by Pope Francis.