diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/arrow/arrow_schema_test.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/arrow/arrow_schema_test.cc
index 894f68900280..4285b3c424d0 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/arrow/arrow_schema_test.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/arrow/arrow_schema_test.cc
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "parquet/arrow/reader.h"
 #include "parquet/arrow/reader_internal.h"
 #include "parquet/arrow/schema.h"
+#include "parquet/column_reader.h"
 #include "parquet/file_reader.h"
 #include "parquet/schema.h"
 #include "parquet/schema_internal.h"
@@ -2171,6 +2172,31 @@ TEST(TestFromParquetSchema, UndefinedLogicalType) {
             *::arrow::field("column with unknown type", ::arrow::binary()));
 }
 
+TEST(TestFromParquetSchema, IncompatibleLogicalTypeDropped) {
+  // A file with INT32 annotated as UUID. The reader should succeed and ignore the logical
+  // type and stats.
+  auto path = test::get_data_file("int32_with_uuid_logical_type.parquet");
+  std::unique_ptr<parquet::ParquetFileReader> reader =
+      parquet::ParquetFileReader::OpenFile(path);
+
+  const auto* pq_schema = reader->metadata()->schema();
+  ASSERT_EQ(pq_schema->num_columns(), 1);
+
+  const auto* col_desc = pq_schema->Column(0);
+  ASSERT_EQ(col_desc->physical_type(), parquet::Type::INT32);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(col_desc->logical_type()->is_valid());
+  ASSERT_FALSE(col_desc->can_use_min_max());
+
+  auto row_group = reader->RowGroup(0);
+  auto col_reader = std::static_pointer_cast<parquet::Int32Reader>(row_group->Column(0));
+  const auto num_rows = 10;
+  std::vector<int32_t> values(num_rows);
+  int64_t values_read = 0;
+  col_reader->ReadBatch(num_rows, nullptr, nullptr, values.data(), &values_read);
+  ASSERT_EQ(values_read, num_rows);
+  for (int32_t i = 0; i < num_rows; ++i) ASSERT_EQ(values[i], i);
+}
+
 //
 // Test LevelInfo computation from a Parquet schema
 // (for Parquet -> Arrow reading).
diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/schema.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/schema.cc
index 0cfa49c21c16..24cc59de7cfd 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/schema.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/schema.cc
@@ -453,10 +453,21 @@ std::unique_ptr<Node> PrimitiveNode::FromParquet(const void* opaque_element) {
   std::unique_ptr<PrimitiveNode> primitive_node;
   if (element->__isset.logicalType) {
     // updated writer with logical type present
-    primitive_node = std::unique_ptr<PrimitiveNode>(
-        new PrimitiveNode(element->name, LoadEnumSafe(&element->repetition_type),
-                          LogicalType::FromThrift(element->logicalType),
-                          LoadEnumSafe(&element->type), element->type_length, field_id));
+    auto physical_type = LoadEnumSafe(&element->type);
+    auto logical_type = LogicalType::FromThrift(element->logicalType);
+    // Tolerate unrecognized logical/physical type combinations by dropping the logical
+    // type annotation.
+    if (logical_type &&
+        !logical_type->is_applicable(physical_type, element->type_length)) {
+      ARROW_LOG(WARNING) << "Dropping unsupported logical type "
+                         << logical_type->ToString() << " on physical type "
+                         << TypeToString(physical_type) << " for column '"
+                         << element->name << "'";
+      logical_type = UndefinedLogicalType::Make();
+    }
+    primitive_node = std::unique_ptr<PrimitiveNode>(new PrimitiveNode(
+        element->name, LoadEnumSafe(&element->repetition_type), std::move(logical_type),
+        physical_type, element->type_length, field_id));
   } else if (element->__isset.converted_type) {
     // legacy writer with converted type present
     primitive_node = std::unique_ptr<PrimitiveNode>(new PrimitiveNode(
diff --git a/cpp/submodules/parquet-testing b/cpp/submodules/parquet-testing
index e74785d85a4e..fd54fba57a48 160000
--- a/cpp/submodules/parquet-testing
+++ b/cpp/submodules/parquet-testing
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e74785d85a4ecee829e1e405444d6a1b24b8bc9c
+Subproject commit fd54fba57a4854b9f6c8798286499ee34ce225fd