Czesław Stanula C.Ss.R. (27 March 1940 – 14 May 2020) was a Polish-Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop. Stanula was born in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

and was ordained to the priesthood in 1964. He served as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Floresta The Roman Catholic Diocese of Floresta () is a diocese located in the city of Floresta, Pernambuco, Floresta in the ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife, Olinda e Recife in Brazil. History * February 15, 1964: ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

from 1989 to 1997 and as bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Itabuna The Roman Catholic Diocese of Itabuna () is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of São Salvador da Bahia in Bahia state, eastern Brazil. Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral São José, dedicated to Saint Joseph, in th ...

, Brazil, from 1997 to 2017.Diocese of Itabuna
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