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 share
- 98.2%
- Priests
- 44
- Catholics per priest
- 9,619
- Extent
- 6,736 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 63
of the people living within its bounds
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].