Maria Antonia Paris (June 28, 1813 – January 17, 1885) was a Catholic nun who founded in 1855 the Claretian Sisters in Cuba.

Her father, a farmer, died before she was born and her mother had fled to escape the invading French army led by Napoleon.

She joined the Sisters of the Company of Mary, Our Lady in 1841 as a postulant, but because of a ban on entering religious orders by the government of Spain, she did not become a novice until April 1850.

While she was praying for the Catholic Church, she reported hearing a call from God to create a new religious order.

Claret agreed to help her with this task but in October of that year was named Archbishop of Santiago, Cuba[1] After some months of discernment, Paris, on the advice of her spiritual director, Dr. Caixal, and P. Gatell, she decided to leave the Company of Mary.