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| type = [[Bishop]]<br />
| honorific-prefix = His Excellency<br />
| name = Edwin Colaço<br />
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| title = [[Diocese of Aurangabad|Bishop Emeritus of Aurangabad]]<br />
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| archdiocese = [[Archdiocese of Nagpur|Nagpur]]<br />
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| diocese = [[Diocese of Aurangabad|Aurangabad]]<br />
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| appointed = 20 October 2006<br />
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| term_end = 13 May 2015<br />
| predecessor = [[Sylvester Monteiro]]<br />
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| successor = [[Ambrose Rebello]]<br />
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| previous_post = Bishop of [[Diocese of Amravati|Amravati]] (1995–2006)<br />
| ordination = 2 December 1964<br />
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| consecration = 30 July 1995<br />
| consecrated_by = [[Simon Pimenta]], [[Leobard D’Souza]] and [[Joseph Albert Rosario]]<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1937|10|02}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Uttan]], Bombay Province, British India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2025|09|22|1937|10|02}}<br />
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| motto = ''In the service of the Gospel''<ref>[https://www.ebay.com/itm/235398500901 EDWIN COLACO Bishop of Aurangabad, India signed convolute letter autograph]</ref><br />
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'''Edwin Colaço''' (2 October 1937 – 22 September 2025) was an Indian Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of [[Diocese of Amravati|Amravati]] from 1995 to 2006 and [[Diocese of Aurangabad|Aurangabad]] from 2006 to 2015. Colaço died on 22 September 2025, at the age of 87.<ref>[https://catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcolaco.html Bishop Edwin Colaço †]</ref><br />
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