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Suffragan diocese Zé Doca, Brazil

Diocese of Zé Doca

Zedocan(us)

The Diocese of Zé Doca is a Latin Church diocese in Maranhão, Brazil. It originated as the Territorial Prelature of Cândido Mendes in 1961, was raised to a diocese in 1983, and was transferred and renamed Zé Doca in 1991. It is a suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão, led since 2014 by Bishop Jan Kot. No official diocesan domain was found, only a CNBB-linked blog.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua, in Zé Doca, Brazil.

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Established
1961
Catholics
260,000
Priests
29
Territory
40,000 km²

Parishes and churches

20 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Jan Kot
Born
10 May 1962
Birthplace
Maków Podhalański
Institute
MISSIONARI OBLATI DI MARIA IMMACOLATA

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The cathedral

Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua stands in Zé Doca, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

Seated in the city of Zé Doca, this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Zedocanus) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil. It bore the name Diocese of Cândido Mendes until 1991.