Roman Catholic Diocese of Estância

The Diocese of Estância (Latin: Dioecesis Stantianus) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Estância. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of metropolitan Archdiocese of Aracajú in Brazil.

Diocese of Estância Dioecesis Stantianus Diocese de Estância
Location
Country	Brazil
Ecclesiastical province	Aracajú
Statistics
Area	6,736 km2 (2,601 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 431,127 423,228 (98.2%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	30 April 1960 (64 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of our Lady of Guadalupe in Estância
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Sede Vacante
Metropolitan Archbishop	José Palmeira Lessa
Apostolic Administrator	Giovanni Crippa
Bishops emeritus	Hildebrando Mendes Costa
Website
Website of the Diocese

History

• April 30, 1960: Established as Diocese of Estância from the Diocese of Aracaju

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Bishops 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 (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
• Catholic Hierarchy