Diocese of Lorena
| Diocese of Lorena | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Brazil |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Aparecida |
| Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Benedito Beni dos Santos |
| founding | 1937 |
| surface | 3,124 km² |
| Parishes | 34 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 308,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 230,500 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 74.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 75 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2.712 |
| Permanent deacons | 29 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 86 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 41 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Portuguese |
| cathedral | Catedral Nossa Senhora da Piedade |
| Website | diocesedelorena.com |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lorena ( Latin Dioecesis Lorenensis , Portuguese Diocese de Lorena ) is in Brazil located Roman Catholic diocese based in Lorena in the state of São Paulo .
history
The diocese of Lorena was on July 31, 1937 by Pope Pius XI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Ad christianae plebis from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Taubaté and subordinated to the Archdiocese of São Paulo as a suffragan . On April 19, 1958, the Lorena diocese was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Aparecida as a suffragan.
Bishops of Lorena
- Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral , 1940–1944, then Bishop of Taubaté
- Luís Gonzaga Peluso , 1946–1959, then Bishop of Cachoeiro de Itapemirim
- José Melhado Campos , 1960–1965, then Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba
- Cândido Rubens Padín OSB , 1966–1970, then Bishop Bauru
- Antônio Afonso de Miranda SDN , 1971–1977, then Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha
- João Hipolito de Morais , 1977-2001
- Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues , 2001–2005, then Archbishop of Sorocaba
- Benedito Beni dos Santos , 2006-2013
- João Inácio Müller OFM , 2013–2019, then Archbishop of Campinas
- Sedis vacancy , since 2019