Archdiocese of Sorocaba
Sorocaban(us)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Sorocaba, Brazil
Metropolitan archdiocese in São Paulo state, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1924 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1992. Its current archbishop, José Roberto Fortes Palau, was appointed in 2025. Note: the source list labels this a diocese, but it is in fact a metropolitan archdiocese.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 4 July 1924
- Latin
- Sorocaban(us)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora da Ponte
- Annuario code
- 001003094
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 654,789
- Population
- 935,414
- Catholic share
- 70.0%
- Priests
- 71
- Catholics per priest
- 9,222
- Extent
- 4,178 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 157
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- José Roberto Fortes Palau
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Ponte stands in Sorocaba, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Sorocaba
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ItapetiningaItapetininga
- Diocese of ItapevaItapeva
- Diocese of JundiaíJundiaí
- Diocese of RegistroRegistro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Sorocaba in Brazil is home to this Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church, known in Latin as Archidioecesis Metropolitae Sorocabana.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].