Jaime Soto
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Jaime Soto |
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| Bishop of Sacramento | |
Bishop Jaime Soto with a Knight of Columbus after rededicating St. Joseph School on March 19, 2008.
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| Church | Roman Catholic |
| Archdiocese | San Francisco |
| Diocese | Sacramento |
| Appointed | October 11, 2007 |
| Installed | November 29, 2008 |
| Predecessor | William Weigand |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 12, 1982 |
| Consecration | May 31, 2000 by Tod Brown, Michael Patrick Driscoll, and Norman Francis McFarland |
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December 31, 1955 Inglewood, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Orange |
| Motto | GOZO Y ESPERANZA |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Jaime Soto (born December 31, 1955) is the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento.
Jaime Soto was born at Daniel Freeman Hospital in Inglewood, California. He is the eldest of seven children of a Mexican American family. His father, Oscar, was a telephone company engineer. In 1956, his family moved to Stanton, where he attended St. Polycarp School as a child. He also played Mass in his backyard with his siblings, knowing he wanted to be a priest as early as second grade. Soto graduated from Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana in 1974 and he entered St. John's Seminary College in Camarillo. There Soto obtained his Bachelor's degree in Philosophy in 1978, and his Master's in Divinity in 1982.
Soto was ordained to the priesthood on June 12, 1982. He first served as associate pastor of St. Joseph Church in Santa Ana, until July 1984. Soto completed additional studies at Columbia University School of Social Work in New York City, graduating in May 1986 with a Master's in Social Work. He was named Associate Director of Catholic Charities of Orange in July after returning to California. He was appointed as Director of the Immigration and Citizenship Services within Catholic Charities in December. Soto was involved with the implementation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 as well.
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