Roman Catholic Diocese of Lorena
Catholic ecclesiastical territory
Diocese of Lorena Dioecesis Lorenensis Diocese de Lorena | |
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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 (87 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy in Lorena, São Paulo |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Joaquim Wladimir Lopes Dias |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Orlando Brandes |
Bishops emeritus | Benedito Beni dos Santos |
Map | |
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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
- 31 July 1937: Established as Diocese of Lorena from the Diocese of Taubaté
Leadership
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- 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
- GCatholic.org
- Catholic Hierarchy
- Diocese website (Portuguese)
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