Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maringá, Brazil 🇧🇷

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Maringá / Maringaën(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Campo Mourão, Paranavaí, Umuarama

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nossa Senhora da Glória (August 15)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 3 (1981)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1956.02.01: Established as Diocese of Maringá / Maringaën(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Jacarezinho and became suffragan of Curitiba)
1968.01.20: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Paranavaí
1970.10.31: Became suffragan of Londrina
1979.10.16: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Maringá / Maringaën(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Campo Mourão, Paranavaí and Umuarama)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2020.07.01 – ...):

Archbishop Severino Clasen, O.F.M. (71)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Maringá (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Severino Clasen, O.F.M. (71)
(2020.07.01 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maringá (Brazil)

Acolher e cuidar

Born:	1954.06.10 (Petrolândia, PE, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1982.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.06.25

Bishop of Araçuaí (Brazil) (2005.05.11 – 2011.07.06)

Bishop of Caçador (Brazil) (2011.07.06 – 2020.07.01)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maringá (Brazil) (2020.07.01 – ...)

Bishop João Mamede Filho, O.F.M. Conv. (74)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.11.20 – 2020.07.01)

Archbishop Anuar Battisti (72)
(2004.09.29 – 2019.11.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Maringá (Brazil)

Caminhai no Senhor

Born:	1953.02.19 (Lajeado, RS, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1980.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.06.20

Priest of Toledo (Brazil) (1980.12.08 – 1998.04.15)

Bishop of Toledo (Brazil) (1998.04.15 – 2004.09.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maringá (Brazil) (2004.09.29 – 2019.11.20)

Archbishop João Bráz de Aviz (78) (later Cardinal)
(2002.07.17 – 2004.01.28)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina pro hac vice Title
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Brasília (Brazil)
Prefect emeritus of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life

Todos sejam um

Born:	1947.04.24 (Mafra, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1972.11.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.05.31
Created Cardinal:	2012.02.18

Priest of Apucarana (Brazil) (1972.11.26 – 1994.04.06)

Titular Bishop of Flenucleta (1994.04.06 – 1998.08.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Vitória (Brazil) (1994.04.06 – 1998.08.12)

Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil) (1998.08.12 – 2002.07.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maringá (Brazil) (2002.07.17 – 2004.01.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil) (2004.01.28 – 2011.01.04)

Prefect of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life (2011.01.04 – 2025.01.06)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina (2012.02.18 [2012.05.20] – 2022.03.04)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Elena fuori Porta Prenestina pro hac vice Title (2022.03.04 – ...)

Archbishop Murilo Sebastião Ramos Krieger, S.C.I. (82)
(1997.05.07 – 2002.02.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)

Deus caritas est

Born:	1943.09.19 (Brusque, SC, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1969.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.04.28

Titular Bishop of Lysinia (1985.02.16 – 1991.05.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (1985.02.16 – 1991.05.08)

Bishop of Ponta Grossa (Brazil) (1991.05.08 – 1997.05.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maringá (Brazil) (1997.05.07 – 2002.02.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Florianópolis (Brazil) (2002.02.20 – 2011.01.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) (2011.01.12 – 2020.03.11)

Vice-President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (2015.04.20 – 2019.05.06)

Archbishop Jaime Luiz Coelho
(1979.10.16 – 1997.05.07)

In omnibus Christus

Born:	1916.07.26 (Franca, SP, Brazil)
Ordained Priest:	1941.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.01.20
Died:	2013.08.05 († 97)

Bishop of Maringá (Brazil) (1956.12.03 – 1979.10.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Maringá (Brazil) (1979.10.16 – 1997.05.07)

Bishops of Maringá (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jaime Luiz Coelho (later Archbishop)
(1956.12.03 – 1979.10.16)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Catedral Metropolitana Basílica Nossa Senhora da Glória, Maringá, Paraná
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (62)

Paranavaí (↖), Presidente Prudente (↑), Apucarana (→), Campo Mourão (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 6,298 km²

Population: 598,466 Catholics (73.0% of 819,817 total)

Pastoral Centres: 58 parishes

Personnel: 88 priests (81 diocesan, 7 religious), 58 deacons, 137 religious (32 brothers, 105 sisters), 25 seminarians