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    <periodOfReport>2018-08-02</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>TRINITY CAPITAL CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TRIN</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001590198</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Dolan Thomas G.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1200 TRINITY DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>LOS ALAMOS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NM</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>87507</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <officerTitle>Chief Financial Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Voting common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2018-08-02</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>62500</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>125500</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Voting common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
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                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>237000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Personal Trust</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This represents a grant of 40,625 and 21,875 performance-based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) awarded on August 22, 2017 and March 20, 2018, respectively, for which the performance-based condition was satisfied on August 2, 2018. The RSUs are scheduled to vest on March 31, 2019. This Form is being filed late due to inadvertent administrative error.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Thomas Dolan</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2018-12-21</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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This represents a grant of 40,625 and 21,875 performance-based Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) awarded on August 22, 2017 and March 20, 2018, respectively, for which the performance-based condition was satisfied on August 2, 2018. The RSUs are scheduled to vest on March 31, 2019. This Form is being filed late due to inadvertent administrative error.
/s/ Thomas Dolan
2018-12-21