The Roman Catholic Diocese of Colatina ( la, Dioecesis Colatinensis) is a

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located in the city of

Colatina Colatina is the second largest city in the north of Espírito Santo, Brazil, 127 km north of the capital Vitória and on the trainline from Vitória to Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the se ...

in the

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of Vitória in Brazil.

History

* 23 April 1990: Established as Diocese of Colatina from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vitória

Leadership

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s of Colatina (Roman rite) ** Bishop

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(later Archbishop) (1990.04.23 – 2002.01.16) ** Bishop Décio Zandonade, S.D.B. (2003.05.14 – 2014.05.14) ** Bishop Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias (2015.03.04 – 2021.01.13) ** Bishop Lauro Sérgio Versiani Barbosa (2021.10.27 – present)

References

GCatholic.org

Diocese website (Portuguese)
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