Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Sorocaba / Sorocaban(us) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Itapetininga, Itapeva, Jundiaí, Registro
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Metropolitan Archbishop (2016.12.28 – ...): | ![]() |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Sorocaba (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Metropolitan Archbishop of Sorocaba (Brazil)
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Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Sorocaba (Brazil)
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Archbishop José Lambert Filho, C.S.S.
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Bishops of Sorocaba (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop José Lambert Filho, C.S.S. (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop José Melhado Campos
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Bishop José Carlos de Aguirre
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Area: 4,053 km²
Population: 843,390 Catholics (70.0% of 1,204,173 total) (2020)
Statistics: 59 parishes, 66 priests (diocesan), 44 deacons, 152 lay religious (33 brothers, 119 sisters), 32 seminarians (2020)
Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Ponte (August 15)
Last updated on 2023.02.25
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