Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá (Latin: Archidioecesis Maringaënsis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Maringá in Brazil.

History

• February 1, 1956: Established as Diocese of Maringá from the Diocese of Jacarezinho
• October 16, 1979: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maringá

Leadership

Ordinaries

Bishops

• Jaime Luiz Coelho (3 December 1956 – 16 October 1979 see below)

Archbishops

• Jaime Luiz Coelho (see above 16 October 1979 – 7 May 1997)
• Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.J. (7 May 1997 – 20 February 2002), appointed, Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
• João Braz de Aviz (17 July 2002 – 18 January 2004), appointed, Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal; future Cardinal
• Anuar Battisti (29 September 2004 – 20 November 2019)
• Severino Clasen, O.F.M. (1 July 2020 – )

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Edmar Perón, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of São Paulo in 2009
• Bruno Elizeu Versari, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Campo Mourão, Parana in 2017

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Campo Mourão
• Diocese of Paranavaí
• Diocese of Umuarama

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Archdiocese website (Portuguese)

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