Roman Catholic Diocese of Lorena

Catholic ecclesiastical territory

Diocese of Lorena

Dioecesis Lorenensis

Diocese de Lorena

Location
Country| Brazil
Ecclesiastical province| Aparecida
Metropolitan| Aparecida
Statistics
Area| 5,055 km2 (1,952 sq mi)
Population

* Total

* Catholics

* (as of 2004)

* 263,590

* 198,938 (75.5%)

Information
Rite| Latin Rite
Established| 31 July 1937 (88 years ago)
Cathedral| Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy in Lorena, São Paulo
Current leadership
Pope| Leo XIV
Bishop| Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias
Metropolitan Archbishop| Orlando Brandes
Bishops emeritus| Benedito 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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* 31 July 1937: Established as Diocese of Lorena from the Diocese of Taubaté

## Leadership

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Fr. João Inácio Müller, OFM

* Bishops of Lorena (Roman rite), listed in reverse chronological order
* Bishop Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias (13 January 2021 – present)
* Bishop João Inácio Müller, O.F.M. (25 September 2013 – 15 May 2019); formerly, Minister Provincial for the Franciscans in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil;[2] appointed Archbishop of Campinas, São Paulo
* Bishop Benedito Beni dos Santos (26 April 2006 – 25 September 2013)
* Bishop Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues (10 January 2001 – 4 May 2005), appointed Archbishop of Sorocaba, São Paulo)
* Bishop João Hipólito de Morais (11 July 1977 – 10 January 2001)
* Bishop Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N. (3 November 1971 – 11 July 1977), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais
* Bishop Cândido Rubens Padín, O.S.B. (3 January 1966 – 27 April 1970), appointed Bishop of Bauru, São Paulo
* Bishop José Melhado Campos (29 May 1960 – 22 February 1965), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba
* Bishop Luís Gonzaga Peluso (13 June 1946 – 25 July 1959), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba
* Bishop Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral (21 December 1940 – 3 October 1944), appointed Bishop of Taubaté, São Paulo

## References

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* GCatholic.org
* Catholic Hierarchy
* Diocese website (Portuguese)

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

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