The Diocese of Estância () 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 April 30, 1960: Established as Diocese of Estância from the Diocese of Aracaju
Bishops Ordinaries Bishops of Estância (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order Bishop José Genivaldo Garcia (2022.11.30 – present) Bishop Giovanni Crippa, I.M.C. (2014.07.09 – 2021.08.11), appointed Bishop of Ilhéus, Bahia 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)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops 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
Sources GCatholic.org Catholic Hierarchy