Diocese of Zé Doca
Zedocan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Zé Doca, Brazil
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1961
- Latin
- Zedocan(us)
- Patron
- Santo Antônio de Pádua
- Annuario code
- 001000238
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 260,000
- Population
- 284,932
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 91.2%
- Priests
- 29
- Catholics per priest
- 8,966
- Extent
- 40,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 6.5
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jan Kot
- Born
- 10 May 1962
- Birthplace
- Maków Podhalański
- Institute
- MISSIONARI OBLATI DI MARIA IMMACOLATA
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of São Luís do Maranhão
A suffragan of Archdiocese of São Luís do Maranhão.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of BacabalBacabal
- Diocese of BalsasBalsas
- Diocese of BrejoBrejo
- Diocese of CarolinaCarolina
- Diocese of Caxias do MaranhãoCaxias do Maranhão
- Diocese of GrajaúGrajaú
- Archdiocese of São Luís do MaranhãoSão Luís do Maranhão
- Diocese of VianaViana
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.