Roman Catholic Diocese of Sobral

History

• November 10, 1915: Established as Diocese of Sobral from the Diocese of Ceará

  Bishops

• Bishops of Sobral
• *José Tupinambá da Frota
• *João José da Mota e Albuquerque, appointed Archbishop of São Luís do Maranhão
• *Walfrido Teixeira Vieira
• *Aldo de Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S., appointed Archbishop of Paraíba
• *Fernando Antônio Saburido, O.S.B., appointed Archbishop of Olinda e Recife, Pernambuco
• *Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.I., appointed Bishop of Chapecó, Santa Catarina
• *José Luiz Gomes de Vasconcelos

  Coadjutor bishop

• Aldo de Cillo Pagotto, S.S.S.

  Auxiliary bishop

• José Bezerra Coutinho, appointed Bishop of Estância, Sergipe