Roman Catholic Diocese of Lorena

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Rite Latin Rite Area 5,055 km² Bishop João Inácio Müller Emeritus bishop Benedito Beni dos Santos		Pope Francis Country Brazil Cathedral São Paulo Metropolitan archbishop Raymundo Damasceno Assis

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)263,590198,938 (75.5%) Established 31 July 1937 (79 years ago) Emeritus Bishops Benedito Beni dos Santos Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aparecida

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.

History

31 July 1937: Established as Diocese of Lorena from the Diocese of Taubaté

Leadership

Bishops of Lorena (Roman rite)

Bishop João Inácio Müller, O.F.M. (25 September 2013 - present); formerly, Minister Provincial for the Franciscans in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Bishop Benedito Beni dos Santos (26 April 2006 – 25 September 2013)

Bishop Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues (later Archbishop) (10 January 2001 – 4 May 2005)

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)

Bishop Cândido Rubens Padín, O.S.B. (3 January 1966 – 27 April 1970)

Bishop José Melhado Campos (29 May 1960 – 22 February 1965)

Bishop Luís Gonzaga Peluso (13 June 1946 – 25 July 1959)

Bishop Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral (21 December 1940 – 3 October 1944)

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Lorena Wikipedia

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