The Anglican Diocese of Ideato is one of twelve within the
Anglican Province of Owerri
The Anglican Province of Owerri is one of the 14 ecclesiastical provinces of the Church of Nigeria. It comprises 12 dioceses:
* Okigwe South (Bishop: David Onuoha)
*Owerri (Bishop: Chukwuma Oparah)
* Orlu (Bishop: Benjamin Chinedum Okeke)
*Mbai ...
, Nigeria. It is one of the fourteen provinces within the
Church of Nigeria
The Church of Nigeria is the Anglicanism, Anglican Church body, church in Nigeria. It is the second-largest Province (Anglican), province in the Anglican Communion, as measured by baptised membership (not by attendance), after the Church of Englan ...
. The diocese was created out of the then Okigwe-Orlu Diocese in 1999. The current bishop is
Henry Okeke
Henry Okeke is an Anglican Bishop in Nigeria.
He is the current Bishop of Ideato, one of 12 within the Anglican Province of Owerri, itself one of 14 provinces within the Church of Nigeria
The Church of Nigeria is the Anglicanism, Anglican Chur ...
; he was translated from
Mbamili in 2020.
History
On 12 July 1999, the Diocese of Ideato was established, marking the return of the headquarters status of St. Peter's Church which was shifted to
Nkwerre
Nkwerre is one of the Local Government Areas of Nigeria, Local Government Areas in Imo State, South-East, Nigeria. It is situated in Nkwerre town where the name of the local government area was derived. Its population was placed at 80,270 from the ...
in 1921.
Special Churches
The
Cathedral
A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denomination ...
is St. Peter's Cathedral in
Arondizuogu
Arondizuogu (Aro-ndizuogu) is a town inhabited by the Igbo subgroup, the Aro people in the Imo State of Nigeria. The Arondizuogu community is believed to have migrated from Arochukwu in the present Abia State, to their current settlements in across ...
which is the main headquarters of the Anglican Diocese of Ideato.
Leadership
See also
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Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the ...
References
Dioceses of the Province of Owerri
Church of Nigeria dioceses
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