Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sorocaba

History

• 4 July 1924: Established as Diocese of Sorocaba from the Diocese of Botucatu, Metropolitan Archdiocese of São Paulo and Diocese of Taubaté
• 29 April 1992: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sorocaba

  Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

• Archbishops of Sorocaba, below
• * Archbishop Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C.
• * Archbishop Eduardo Benes de Sales Rodrigues
• * Archbishop José Lambert Filho, C.S.S.
• Bishops of Sorocaba, below
• * Bishop José Lambert Filho, C.S.S.
• * Bishop José Melhado Campos
• * Bishop José Carlos de Aguirre

  Coadjutor bishops

• José Thurler, did not succeed to see; resigned; appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo in 1966
• José Melhado Campos
• José Lambert Filho, C.S.S.

  Auxiliary bishops

• Almir Marques Ferreira, appointed Bishop of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais
• Amaury Castanho, appointed Bishop of Valença, Rio de Janeiro

  Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Antônio Maria Mucciolo, appointed Bishop of Barretos, São Paulo in 1977
• José Benedito Cardoso, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo in 2019

  Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Itapetininga
• Diocese of Itapeva
• Diocese of Jundiaí
• Diocese of Registro