| population_as_of = 2016
| population_as_of = 2016
| members = 127,063 <!– Number of Members in the diocese–>
| members = 127,063 <!– Number of Members in the diocese–>
| parishes = 64 <!– Number of anglicans in the diocese–>
| parishes = 64 <!– Number of in the diocese–>
| churches = 137 <!– Number of churches in the diocese–>
| churches = 137 <!– Number of churches in the diocese–>
| congregations = <!– Number of congregations in the diocese–>
| congregations = <!– Number of congregations in the diocese–>
}}
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”’The Anglican Diocese of Ideato”'<ref>{{cite web |title=Member Churches |url=https://www.anglicancommunion.org/structures/member-churches/member-church/diocese.aspx?church=nigeria&dio=ideato}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anglican Communion News Service (ACNS) |url=https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2004/06/church-of-nigeria-elects-four-bishops.aspx}}</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community/Anglican-Diocese-of-Ideato-172036812806922/ Facebook]</ref> is one<ref>[https://dioceseofideato.org/ Diocesan web-site]</ref> of twelve dioceses within the [[Anglican Province of Owerri]], one of the fourteen ecclesiastical provinces within the [[Church of Nigeria]].<ref>[https://anglican-nig.org/our-provinces/ Church of Nigeria]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anglican Alliance |url=https://anglicanalliance.org/diocese/ideato/}}</ref> The diocese was created out of the then Okigwe-Orlu Diocese<ref>{{cite web |title=CHRISTIANS CHARGED TO NEVER GIVE UP – ARCHBISHOP MADUOMA |url=https://anglican-nig.org/?s=Anglican+Diocese+of+Ideato}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=our provinces ecclesiastical province of Owerri Anglican Province of Owerri at the Church of Nigeria Official Website |url=https://anglican-nig.org/Our-provinces/ecclesiastical-province-of-owerri/}}</ref> in 1999. The current bishop is the Right Rev. [[Henry Okeke]];<ref>{{cite web |title=Diocesan web-site |url=https://dioceseofideato.org}}</ref><ref>[https://www.anglicancommunion.org/structures/member-churches/member-church/diocese/position.aspx?church=nigeria&dio=ideato&pos=archbishop-of-owerri-province-and-bishop-of-ideato&posID=6160 Anglican Communion]</ref> he was translated from [[Anglican Diocese of Mbamili|Mbamili]] in 2020.<ref>[https://acnntv.com/breaking-news-church-of-nigeria-anglican-communion-elect-new-bishops-archbishop-traslate-one/ Advent Cable Network Nigeria — BREAKING NEWS: Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion Elect New Bishops, Archbishop, Translate one…..] (Accessed 28 August 2021)</ref>
”’The Anglican Diocese of Ideato”'<ref>{{cite web |title=Member Churches |url=https://www.anglicancommunion.org/structures/member-churches/member-church/diocese.aspx?church=nigeria&dio=ideato}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anglican Communion News Service (ACNS) |url=https://www.anglicannews.org/news/2004/06/church-of-nigeria-elects-four-bishops.aspx}}</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community/Anglican-Diocese-of-Ideato-172036812806922/ Facebook]</ref> is one<ref>[https://dioceseofideato.org/ Diocesan web-site]</ref> of twelve dioceses within the [[Anglican Province of Owerri]], one of the fourteen ecclesiastical provinces within the [[Church of Nigeria]].<ref>[https://anglican-nig.org/our-provinces/ Church of Nigeria]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Anglican Alliance |url=https://anglicanalliance.org/diocese/ideato/}}</ref> The diocese was created out of the then Okigwe-Orlu Diocese<ref>{{cite web |title=CHRISTIANS CHARGED TO NEVER GIVE UP – ARCHBISHOP MADUOMA |url=https://anglican-nig.org/?s=Anglican+Diocese+of+Ideato}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=our provinces ecclesiastical province of Owerri Anglican Province of Owerri at the Church of Nigeria Official Website |url=https://anglican-nig.org/Our-provinces/ecclesiastical-province-of-owerri/}}</ref> in 1999. The current bishop is the Right Rev. [[Henry Okeke]];<ref>{{cite web |title=Diocesan web-site |url=https://dioceseofideato.org}}</ref><ref>[https://www.anglicancommunion.org/structures/member-churches/member-church/diocese/position.aspx?church=nigeria&dio=ideato&pos=archbishop-of-owerri-province-and-bishop-of-ideato&posID=6160 Anglican Communion]</ref> he was translated from [[Anglican Diocese of Mbamili|Mbamili]] in 2020.<ref>[https://acnntv.com/breaking-news-church-of-nigeria-anglican-communion-elect-new-bishops-archbishop-traslate-one/ Advent Cable Network Nigeria — BREAKING NEWS: Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion Elect New Bishops, Archbishop, Translate one…..] (Accessed 28 August 2021)</ref>
== History ==
== History ==
