Ordinaries ;Bishops of São Paulo • Bernardo Rodrigues Nogueira (1745–1748 ) • Antônio da Madre de Deus Galvão,
O.F.M. (1750–1764) • Manuel da Ressurreição, O.F.M. (1771–1789) • Miguel da Madre de Deus da Cruz, O.F.M. (1791–1795), appointed
Archbishop of Braga (Portugal) • Mateus de Abreu Pereira (1795–1824) • Manuel Joaquim Gonçalves de Andrade (1827–1847) • Antônio Joaquim de Melo (1851–1861) • Sebastião Pinto do Rego (1861–1868) • Lino Deodato Rodrigues de Carvalho (1871–1894) •
Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1894–1897), appointed
Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (
Cardinal in 1905) • Antônio Cândido Alvarenga (1898–1903 • José de Camargo Barros (1903–1906) • Leopoldo Duarte e Silva (1906–1908) ;Archbishops of São Paulo • Leopoldo Duarte e Silva (1908–1938) •
José Gaspar d'Afonseca e Silva (1939–1943) • Cardinal
Carlos Carmelo de Vasconcelos Motta (1944–1964), appointed
Archbishop of Aparecida • Cardinal
Agnelo Rossi (1964–1970), appointed Prefect of
Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith and later President of
Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See • Cardinal
Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. (1970–1998) • Cardinal
Cláudio Hummes, O.F.M. (1998–2006), appointed Prefect of the
Congregation for the Clergy • Cardinal
Odilo Scherer (2007–present)
Coadjutor Bishops • Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti (1892–1894); future Cardinal •
Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira (1957–1966), did not succeed to see; appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Campinas, Sao Paulo
Auxiliary Bishops • José Gaspar d'Afonseca e Silva (1935–1939), appointed Archbishop here •
Antônio Maria Alves de Siqueira (1947–1957), appointed Coadjutor here •
Paulo Rolim Loureiro (1948–1962), appointed Bishop of Mogi das Cruzes, Sao Paulo •
Antônio Ferreira de Macedo, C.SS.R. (1955–1964), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Aparecida, Sao Paulo •
Vicente Angelo José Marchetti Zioni (1955–1964), appointed Bishop of Bauru, Sao Paulo •
Romeu Alberti (1964–1965), appointed Bishop of Apucarana, Parana in 1965 •
Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. (1965–1966), appointed Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo •
Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. (1966–1970), appointed Archbishop here (Cardinal in 1973) •
Bruno Maldaner (1966–1971), appointed Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul •
José Thurler (1966–1992) •
Lucas Moreira Neves, O.P. (1967–1974), appointed Vice President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity; future Cardinal •
Benedito de Ulhôa Vieira (1971–1978), appointed Archbishop of Uberaba, Minas Gerais •
Angélico Sândalo Bernardino (1974–2000), appointed Bishop of Blumenau, Santa Catarina •
Mauro Morelli (1974–1981), appointed Bishop of Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro •
Joel Ivo Catapan, S.V.D. (1974–1999) •
Francisco Manuel Vieira (1974–1989), appointed Bishop of Osasco, Sao Paulo •
Antônio Celso Queiroz (1975–2000), appointed Bishop of Catanduva, Sao Paulo •
Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. (1976–1988), appointed Archbishop of Mariana, Minas Gerais •
Fernando José Penteado (1979–2000), appointed Bishop of Jacarezinho, Parana •
Alfredo Ernest Novak, C.SS.R. (1979–1989), appointed Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana •
Décio Pereira (1979–1997), appointed Bishop of Santo André, Sao Paulo •
Antônio Gaspar (1982–2000), appointed Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo •
Gil Antônio Moreira (1999–2004), appointed Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo •
Odilo Pedro Scherer (2001–2007), appointed Archbishop here (Cardinal later in the year) •
Benedito Beni dos Santos (2001–2006), appointed Bishop of Lorena, Sao Paulo •
Manuel Parrado Carral (2001–2008), appointed Bishop of São Miguel Paulista, Sao Paulo •
Pedro Luiz Stringhini (2001–2009), appointed Bishop of Franca, Sao Paulo •
José Benedito Simão (2001–2009), appointed Bishop of Assis, Sao Paulo •
José María Pinheiro (2003–2005), appointed Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo •
Tomé Ferreira da Silva (2005–2012), appointed Bishop of São José do Rio Preto, Sao Paulo •
Joaquim Justino Carreira (2005–2011), appointed Bishop of Guarulhos, Sao Paulo •
João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. (2006–2010), appointed Bishop of Umuarama, Parana •
Tarcísio Scaramussa, S.D.B. (2008–2014), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Santos, Sao Paulo •
Milton Kenan Júnior (2009–2014), appointed Bishop of Barretos, Sao Paulo •
Edmar Perón (2009–2015), appointed Bishop of Paranaguá, Parana •
Júlio Endi Akamine, S.A.C. (2011–2016), appointed Archbishop of Sorocaba, Sao Paulo •
Sérgio de Deus Borges (2012–2019), appointed Bishop of Foz do Iguaçu, Parana •
Devair Araújo da Fonseca (2014–) •
José Roberto Fortes Palau (2014–2019), appointed Bishop of Limeira, Sao Paulo •
Carlos Lema Garcia (2014–) •
Eduardo Vieira dos Santos (2014–) •
Luiz Carlos Dias (2016–) •
José Benedito Cardoso (2019–) •
Jorge Pierozan (2019–) •
Ângelo Ademir Mezzari, R.C.J. (2020–
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops •
José Marcondes Homem de Melo, appointed Bishop of Belém do Pará in 1906 •
Francisco de Campos Barreto, appointed Bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul in 1911 •
Sebastião Leme da Silveira Cintra, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro in 1911; future Cardinal •
Benedito Paulo Alves de Souza, appointed Bishop of Espírito Santo in 1918 •
Manuel da Silveira d’Elboux, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ribeirão Preto in 1940 •
Antônio de Castro Mayer, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Campos, Rio de Janeiro in 1948 •
José Lafayette Ferreira Álvares, appointed Bishop of Bragança Paulista, Sao Paulo in 1971 •
Geraldo Majella Agnelo, appointed Bishop of Toledo, Parana in 1978; future Cardinal •
Antônio Carlos Rossi Keller, appointed Bishop of Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul in 2008 •
José Aparecido Gonçalves de Almeida (priest here, 1986–1989), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal in 2013 == Province ==