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Diocese of Sorocaba
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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.
- Archbishop
- José Roberto Fortes Palau
- Latin name
- Sorocaban(us)
- Erected
- 4 July 1924
- Cathedral
- Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora da Ponte (Sorocaba Metropolitan Cathedral)
- Patron
- Nossa Senhora da Ponte
- Rank
- Metropolitan See
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Sorocaba
- Catholics
- 654,789
- Chancery
- Cúria Metropolitana, Av. Dr. Eugênio Salerno 140, Santa Terezinha, 18035-430 Sorocaba, SP, Brasil
- Telephone
- Tel. [015]3221-6880
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Itapetininga 61 km
- Diocese of Embu KE 65 km
- Diocese of Jundiaí 68 km
- Diocese of Osasco 70 km
- Diocese of Campo Limpo 72 km
- Diocese of Campinas 78 km
Parishes near the see
- Bom Jesus dos Aflitos · Sorocaba 1 km
- Cristo Rei · Sorocaba 1 km
- Divino Espírito Santo · Sorocaba 1 km
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida · Sorocaba 1 km
- Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora · Sorocaba 1 km
- Nossa Senhora de Fatima · Sorocaba 1 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001003094 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08