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.