Diocese of Zé Doca

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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.

Bishop
Jan Kot
Latin name
Zedocan(us)
Established
1961
Cathedral
Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua
Patron
Santo Antônio de Pádua
Rank
Suffragan Diocese
Rite
Latin
Province
São Luís do Maranhão (Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão)
Catholics
260,000
Chancery
Av. do Comércio 363, C.P. 5, 65365-000 Zé Doca, MA, Brasil
Telephone
Tel. [098]98116-4624

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001000238 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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