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Diocese of

Zé Doca

Brazil 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

Special Churches

Churches by City (21)

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

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.07.23 – ...):Bishop Jan Kot, O.M.I. (60)Bishop Jan Kot, O.M.I. (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Zé Doca (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jan Kot, O.M.I. (60)Bishop Jan Kot, O.M.I. (60)
(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 (84)Bishop Carlo Ellena (84)
(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

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)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 35,100 km²

Population: 337,000 Catholics (85.5% of 394,000 total) (2020)

Statistics: 21 parishes, 27 priests (23 diocesan, 4 religious), 11 deacons, 35 lay religious (10 brothers, 25 sisters), 9 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier (December 3)

History

Last updated on 2023.01.27

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