The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá () 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)