The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá () is an
archdiocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
located in the city of
Maringá
Maringá () is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in southern Brazil founded on 10 May 1947 as a planned urban area. It is the third largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná, with 385,753 inhabitants in the city proper, and 76 ...
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
João Braz de Aviz (; born 24 April 1947) is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life from 2011 to 2025. He began his career working fo ...
(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 Archdiocese website (Portuguese)
Roman Catholic dioceses in Brazil
Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces in Brazil
Christian organizations established in 1956
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
Maringá
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