Archdiocese of Maringá
Maringaën(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Maringá, Brazil
The Archdiocese of Maringa is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in Parana state, Brazil, erected as a diocese in 1956 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1979. Its current ordinary is Archbishop Severino Clasen, O.F.M.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1 February 1956
- Latin
- Maringaën(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Glory
- Annuario code
- 001002168
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 428,157
- Population
- 611,654
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 70.0%
- Priests
- 88
- Catholics per priest
- 4,865
- Extent
- 6,294 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 68
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Severino Clasen
- Born
- 10 June 1954
- Birthplace
- Petrolândia
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Metropolitana Basilica Nossa Senhora da Gloria stands in Maringá, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Maringa
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ParanavaíParanavaí
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.