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]