Diocese of

Zé Doca 𝐖

Brazil

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Zé Doca / Zedocan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: São Luís do Maranhão

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Website:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier (December 3)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1961.10.16: Established as Territorial Prelature of Cândido Mendes / Candimenden(sis) (Latin) (from Territorial Prelature of Pinheiro and became suffragan of São Luís do Maranhão)
1983.10.13: Promoted as Diocese of Cândido Mendes / Candimenden(sis) (Latin)
1991.07.05: Renamed as Diocese of Zé Doca / Zedocan(us) (Latin)
1997.02.20: Lost territory to Diocese of Pinheiro

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.07.23 – ...):

Bishop Jan Kot, O.M.I. (62)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Zé Doca (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jan Kot, O.M.I. (62)
(2014.07.23 – ...)

Bishop of Zé Doca (Brazil)

Fiat misericordia tua

Born:	1962.05.10 (Maków Podhalański, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1992.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.10.18

Bishop of Zé Doca (Brazil) (2014.07.23 – ...)

Bishop Carlo Ellena (86)
(2004.02.18 – 2014.07.23)

Bishop emeritus of Zé Doca (Brazil)

Credidimus Caritati

Born:	1938.03.28 (Valperga, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1962.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.06.12

Priest of Torino (Italy) (1962.06.29 – 2004.02.18)

Bishop of Zé Doca (Brazil) (2004.02.18 – 2014.07.23)

Bishop Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C.
(1991.07.05 – 2002.11.06)

No Serviço a Paz

Born:	1938.04.14 (Nova Trento, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1963.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.01.06
Died:	2019.08.26 (Joaçaba, SC, Brazil † 81)

Bishop of Cândido Mendes (Brazil) (1985.11.05 – 1991.07.05)

Bishop of Zé Doca (Brazil) (1991.07.05 – 2002.11.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Joaçaba (Brazil) (2002.11.06 – 2003.04.09)

Bishop of Joaçaba (Brazil) (2003.04.09 – 2010.04.14)

Bishops of Cândido Mendes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Walmir Alberto Valle, I.M.C.
(1985.11.05 – 1991.07.05)

(see above)

Bishop Guido Maria Casullo
(1983.10.13 – 1985.11.05)

Omnis spes vitæ

Born:	1909.05.27 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1932.07.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1951.07.15
Died:	2004.01.10 († 94)

Bishop of Nusco (Italy) (1951.05.29 – 1963.02.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Pinheiro (Brazil) (1963.02.11 – 1965.12.20)

Titular Bishop of Utica (1963.02.11 – 1978.05.26)

Bishop-Prelate of Cândido Mendes (Brazil) (1965.12.20 – 1983.10.13)

Bishop of Cândido Mendes (Brazil) (1983.10.13 – 1985.11.05)

Prelates of Cândido Mendes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Guido Maria Casullo
(1965.12.20 – 1983.10.13)

(see above)

Bishop Afonso Maria Ungarelli, M.S.C.
(Apostolic Administrator 1963 – 1965.12.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santo Antônio, Zé Doca, Maranhão
Former Cathedral: Igreja Nossa Senhora Imaculada Conceição, Cândido Mendes, Maranhão
Minor Basilica: Basílica São Sebastião, Carutapera, Maranhão
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (21)

Imperatriz (↙), Bragança do Pará (←), Pinheiro (↗), Viana (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 35,100 km²

Population: 317,100 Catholics (85.0% of 373,030 total)

Pastoral Centres: 21 parishes

Personnel: 29 priests (24 diocesan, 5 religious), 10 deacons, 36 religious (8 brothers, 28 sisters), 11 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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