Bishopric of Estância
| Bishopric of Estância | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Aracaju |
| Diocesan bishop | Giovanni Crippa IMC |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Hildebrando Mendes Costa |
| founding | 1960 |
| surface | 6,736 km² |
| Parishes | 27 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 471,508 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 392,389 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 83.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 62 (12/31/2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6.228 |
| Friars | 1 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 58 (December 31, 2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe |
| Website | http://diocesedeestancia.blogspot.com/ |
The Diocese of Estância ( Latin Dioecesis Stantiana , Portuguese Diocese de Estancia ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Estancia in the state of Sergipe .
history
The diocese of Estância was founded on April 30, 1960 by Pope John XXIII. built with the papal bull Ecclesiarum omnium from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Aracaju and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Estância
- José Bezerra Coutinho , January 28, 1961–1. June 1985
- Hildebrando Mendes Costa , March 25, 1986-30. April 2003
-
Marco Eugênio Galrão Leite de Almeida , April 30, 2003–25. September 2013, then auxiliary bishop in São Salvador da Bahia
- Giovanni Crippa IMC , September 25, 2013–9. July 2014 ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Giovanni Crippa IMC, since July 9, 2014