The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroatá () is a

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located in the city of

Coroatá Coroatá is a municipality in Maranhão Maranhão () is a States of Brazil, state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of and it is divided into 217 ...

in the

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of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil.

History

* 26 August 1977: Established as Diocese of Coroatá from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão

Bishops

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s of Coroatá (Roman rite) **Reinaldo Ernst Enrich (Heribert) Pünder † (5 May 1978 - 16 Jan 2011) Died **Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho (16 Jan 2011–present)

Coadjutor bishop

* Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho (2010-2011)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* José Valdeci Santos Mendes, appointed Bishop of Brejo, Maranhão in 2010

References

GCatholic.org

Diocese website (Portuguese)
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