Diocese of Zé Doca Dioecesis Zedocanus | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | São Luís do Maranhão |
Statistics | |
Area | 40,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 284,932 260,000 (91.2%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 16 October 1961 (62 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | João Kot, O.M.I. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. |
Bishops emeritus | Carlo Ellena |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zé Doca ( Latin: Dioecesis Zedocanus) is a diocese located in the city of Zé Doca in the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil. Until 1991, it was known as the Diocese of Cândido Mendes.
Diocese of Zé Doca Dioecesis Zedocanus | |
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Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Ecclesiastical province | São Luís do Maranhão |
Statistics | |
Area | 40,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 284,932 260,000 (91.2%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 16 October 1961 (62 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Santo Antônio de Pádua |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | João Kot, O.M.I. |
Metropolitan Archbishop | José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. |
Bishops emeritus | Carlo Ellena |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zé Doca ( Latin: Dioecesis Zedocanus) is a diocese located in the city of Zé Doca in the ecclesiastical province of São Luís do Maranhão in Brazil. Until 1991, it was known as the Diocese of Cândido Mendes.