Diocese of Coroatá, Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Coroatá / Coroaten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Luís do Maranhão

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nossa Senhora da Piedade, Coroatá, Maranhão

Bacabal (←), Viana (↖), São Luís do Maranhão (↑), Brejo (→), Caxias do Maranhão (↘)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2011.01.16 – ...):

Bishop Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho (64)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Coroatá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho (64)
(2011.01.16 – ...)

Bishop of Coroatá (Brazil)

Comunhão e Esperança

Born:	1959.01.31 (Riação, MA, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1984.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.03.12

Titular Bishop of Thubursicum (2004.12.22 – 2010.01.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Manaus (Brazil) (2004.12.22 – 2010.01.07)

Coadjutor Bishop of Coroatá (Brazil) (2010.01.07 – 2011.01.16)

Bishop of Coroatá (Brazil) (2011.01.16 – ...)

Bishop Reinaldo Ernst E. Pünder
(1978.05.05 – 2011.01.16)

Primeiro o Reino de Deus

Born:	1939.01.12 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1964.10.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.07.29
Died:	2011.01.16 († 72)

Bishop of Coroatá (Brazil) (1978.05.05 – 2011.01.16)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Sebastião Bandeira Coêlho (64) (2010.01.07 – 2011.01.16)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 19,071 km²

Population: 483,600 Catholics (83.4% of 580,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 23 parishes, 967 missions, 36 priests (27 diocesan, 9 religious), 15 deacons, 64 lay religious (14 brothers, 50 sisters), 13 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Piedade (September 15)

History

1977.08.26: Established as Diocese of Coroatá / Coroaten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão)
2001.07.19: Gained territory from Diocese of Bacabal