Roman Catholic Diocese of Lorena

Diocese of Lorena

Dioecesis Lorenensis

Diocese de Lorena
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceAparecida
MetropolitanAparecida
Statistics
Area5,055 km2 (1,952 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
263,590
198,938 (75.5%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established31 July 1937 (87 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Mercy in Lorena, São Paulo
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJoaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias
Metropolitan ArchbishopOrlando Brandes
Bishops emeritusBenedito Beni dos Santos
Map
Website
www.mitralorena.com.br

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lorena (Latin: Dioecesis Lorenensis) is a diocese located in the city of Lorena, São Paulo, in the ecclesiastical province of Aparecida in Brazil.

On Tuesday, 18 August 2012, the then-Bishop of Lorena, Bishop Benedito Beni dos Santos, was named by Pope Benedict XVI to serve as one of the papally-appointed Synod Fathers for the October 2012 13th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the New Evangelization.[1]

History

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Leadership

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Fr. João Inácio Müller, OFM

References

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  1. ^ "Web Translator".
  2. ^ "Rinunce e Nomine". Archived from the original on 2013-09-29. Retrieved 2013-09-25.