Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VII, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Lorena, Diocese of

LORENA, DIOCESI DI

By Virginio Battezzati

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LORENA, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the state of São Paulo in Brazil.

The diocese extends between those of Taubaté, Porto Alegre, Campanha and Barra do Piraí, with a population of about 150,000 inhabitants, of whom 23,000 are Catholics. It has 13 parishes with 14 diocesan priests; it has one male religious community and 2 female ones. The diocese was created by Pope Pius XI with the apostolic constitution Ad christianae plebis of 31 July 1937, by dismemberment of the diocese of Taubaté, raising to cathedral the parish church dedicated to St. Mary of Piety; the diocese is a suffragan of São Paulo of Brazil.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 30 (1938), pp. 56-58.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII (1951), col. 1532.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Lorena, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, col. 1532. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/lorena-diocesi-di.

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Battezzati, Virginio. “Lorena, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1532. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/lorena-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec7_lorena_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Battezzati, Virginio},
  title     = {Lorena, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VII},
  pages     = {1532},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/lorena-diocesi-di}
}

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