Suffragan diocese Zé Doca, Brazil
Diocese of Zé Doca
Zedocan(us)
Latin Church
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
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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.
- Nossa Senhora Imaculada ConceiçãoCândido Mendes · CathedralView parish
- Santo AntônioZé Doca · CathedralView parish
- Nossa Senhora ConsolataAmapá do MaranhãoView parish
- Nossa Senhora da ConceiçãoGovernador Newton BelloView parish
- Nossa Senhora da Imaculada ConceiçãoMaracaçuméView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroAraguanãView parish
- Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo SocorroGovernador Nunes FreireView parish
- Nossa Senhora Mãe da IgrejaGodofredo VianaView parish
- Santa LuziaSanta Luzia do ParuáView parish
- Santa Teresinha do Menino JesusPresidente MédiciView parish
- São Francisco de AssisNova Olinda do MaranhãoView parish
- São Francisco de AssisBom JardimView parish
- São João BatistaJunco do MaranhãoView parish
- São João BatistaCentro do GuilhermeView parish
- São João BatistaLuís DominguesView parish
- São João BatistaSão João do CaruView parish
- São João Batista de La Salle e Nossa Senhora AparecidaZé DocaView parish
- São PedroMaranhãozinhoView parish
- São PedroCentro Novo do MaranhãoView parish
- São SebastiãoCândido MendesView parish
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.