Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maringá

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

• Jaime Luiz Coelho

• Jaime Luiz Coelho
• Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.J., appointed, Archbishop of Florianópolis, Santa Catarina
• João Braz de Aviz, appointed, Archbishop of Brasília, Distrito Federal; future Cardinal
• Anuar Battisti
• Severino Clasen, O.F.M. elect

  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