Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá (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

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