José Cardoso Sobrinho (born June 30, 1933 in Caruaru) is the Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Olinda e Recife in the Brazilian state of Pernambuco.
He joined the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in 1957 and was appointed bishop of Paracatu in 1979.
Sobrinho is the successor of Helder Camara and had been tasked with undoing the influence of liberation theology in that region of Brazil.