Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá (Template:Langx) 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
Sources
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