Diocese of Estância Dioecesis Stantianus Diocese de Estância | |
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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 (63 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 |
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.
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