Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá explained
Jurisdiction: | Archdiocese |
Maringá |
Latin: | Archidioecesis Maringaënsis |
Country: | Brazil |
Rite: | Latin Rite |
Established: | 1 February 1956 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Glória |
Area Km2: | 6,294 |
Population: | 611,654 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Catholics: | 428,157 |
Catholics Percent: | 70.0 |
Bishop: | Severino Clasen, OFM |
Bishop Title: | Archbishop |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá (la|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
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