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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.
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 | |
Website | |
www.mitralorena.com.br |
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]
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