Dom Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa (born on 17 April 1969) is a clergyman, diocesan priest, prelate, theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar for the Catholic Church in Brazil who has been appointed as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Olinda and Recife.

[3] Dom Paulo Jackson Nóbrega de Sousa was born on 17 April 1969 in Paraiba, Brazil.

He studied philosophy and theology at Instituto de Teologia do Recife (ITER) in Recife-PE and the archdiocesan seminary of Paraíba in João Pessoa-PB.

He receive his ordination as a priest in 1993 and his incardination was in the diocese of Patos.

He began his pastoral work as parish administrator São Sebastião in Catingueira-PB, São Pedro in Patos-PB, Nossa Senhora das Dores in Mãe d’Água-PB and Nossa Senhora de Fátima in Patos-PB; parish vicar of Nossa Senhora da Guia; parish priest of Santo Antônio in Patos-PB and Nossa Senhora da Conceição in São Mamede-PB; rector of the diocesan seminary; diocesan pastoral coordinator; professor in the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC-Minas) and the Faculdade Jesuíta de Filosofia e Teologia (FAJE); parish vicar of São Geraldo and parish administrator of Senhor Bom Jesus do Horto; and national secretary of the Organização dos Seminários e Institutos Filosófico-Teológicos do Brasil (OSIB).