Diocese of Estância
Stantian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Estância, Brazil
Latin-rite diocese in Sergipe state, northeastern Brazil. Erected 30 April 1960 from the Diocese (now Archdiocese) of Aracaju, of which it is a suffragan. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Estancia.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 April 1960
- Latin
- Stantian(us)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora de Guadalupe
- Annuario code
- 001001378
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 423,228
- Population
- 431,127
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.2%
- Priests
- 44
- Catholics per priest
- 9,619
- Extent
- 6,736 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 63
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jose Genivaldo Garcia
- Born
- 24 August 1968
- Birthplace
- Cumbe
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Estancia stands in Estância, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Aracaju
A suffragan of Aracaju.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AracajuAracaju
- Diocese of PropriáPropriá
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Estância is home to this Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church, known in Latin as Dioecesis Stantianus. It is suffragan to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Aracajú in Brazil.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.