The Diocese of Estância () is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
of the
Catholic Church
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located in the city of
Estância. It is a
suffragan
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in the
ecclesiastical province
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of
metropolitan
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Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical)
* Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop
** Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see"
* Metropolitan ar ...
Archdiocese of Aracajú in Brazil.
History
* April 30, 1960: Established as Diocese of Estância from the Diocese of Aracaju
Bishops
Ordinaries
*
Bishop
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s of Estância (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
** Bishop Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. (2014.07.9 Jul 2014 - )
** Bishop Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida (2003.04.30 – 2013.09.25), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Salvador da Bahia
** Bishop
Hildebrando Mendes Costa (1986.03.25 – 2003.04.30)
** Bishop
José Bezerra Coutinho
José Bezerra Coutinho (February 7, 1910 – November 7, 2008) was a Brazilian bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. When he died at the age of 98, he was the sixth-oldest bishop in the Catholic Church and oldest Brazilian bishop.
Biography
Coutin ...
(1961.01.28 – 1985.06.01)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
*
Dulcênio Fontes de Matos, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Aracajú, Sergipe in 2001
*
Paulo Celso Dias do Nascimento (priest here, 1989-2012), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in 2017
Sources
GCatholic.org
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Christian organizations established in 1960
Estancia, Roman Catholic Diocese of
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
1960 establishments in Brazil
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