Roman Catholic Diocese of Lorena

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
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

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

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