The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coroatá (Latin: Dioecesis Coroatensis) is a diocese located in the city of Coroatá in the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil.
Diocese of Coroatá Dioecesis Coroatensis | |
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 Catedral Nossa Senhora da Piedade in 2008 | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Ecclesiastical province | São Luís do Maranhão |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 18,744 km2 (7,237 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 501,418 401,134 (80.0%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 26 August 1977 (47 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Piedade |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. |
History
edit- 26 August 1977: Established as Diocese of Coroatá from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão
Bishops
edit- Bishops 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
edit- Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho (2010-2011)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
edit- José Valdeci Santos Mendes, appointed Bishop of Brejo, Maranhão in 2010
References
edit- GCatholic.org[permanent dead link]
- Catholic Hierarchy
- Diocese website (Portuguese)[permanent dead link]
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