Archdiocese of Maringá
Catholic ecclesiastical territory
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá (Latin: Archidioecesis Maringaënsis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Maringá in Brazil.
CountryBrazil
Area6,294 km2 (2,430 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
- (as of 2004)
- 611,654
- 428,157 (70.0%)
RiteLatin Rite
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| Location | |
| Country | Brazil |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,294 km2 (2,430 sq mi) |
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| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 1 February 1956 (70 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Glória |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Archbishop | Severino Clasen, OFM |
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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
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