Roman Catholic Diocese of Lorena
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lorena 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, listed in reverse chronological order
- *Bishop João Inácio Müller, O.F.M. ; formerly, Minister Provincial for the Franciscans in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; appointed Archbishop of Campinas, São Paulo
- *Bishop Benedito Beni dos Santos
- *Bishop Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues
- *Bishop João Hipólito de Morais
- *Bishop Antônio Afonso de Miranda, S.D.N., appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Campanha, Minas Gerais
- *Bishop Cândido Rubens Padín, O.S.B., appointed Bishop of Bauru, São Paulo
- *Bishop José Melhado Campos, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba
- *Bishop Luís Gonzaga Peluso, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Sorocaba
- *Bishop Francisco do Borja Pereira do Amaral, appointed Bishop of Taubaté, São Paulo
