Roman Catholic Diocese of Estância

{{Infobox diocese

|jurisdiction = Diocese

|name = Estância

|latin = Dioecesis Stantianus

|local = Diocese de Estância

|country = {{flag|Brazil}}

|province = Aracajú

|metropolitan =

|denomination = Catholic Church

|sui_iuris_church = Latin Church

|established = 30 April 1960 ({{age|1960|4|30}} years ago)

|cathedral = Cathedral of our Lady of Guadalupe in Estância

|cocathedral =

|area_km2 = 6,736

|population = 431,127

|population_as_of = 2006

|catholics = 423,228

|catholics_percent= 98.2

|pope = {{Incumbent pope}}

|coadjutor =

|auxiliary_bishops=

|apostolic_admin = Giovanni Crippa

|map =

|website = [http://diocesedeestancia.blogspot.com/ Website of the Diocese]

}}

The Diocese of Estância ({{langx|la|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.

History

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)

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