A method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescent display device including one or more organic electroluminescent elements arranged on a light-permeable substrate, each element having a cathode, an emitting layer made of one or more organic substances and an anode is capable of forming, at a high accuracy, an emitting layer with various patterns. The method includes the steps of: layering the anode material with a pattern on a light-permeable substrate; layering secondly in turn the one or more organic substances, the cathode material, the protective layer on the anode material and the light-permeable substrate; layering thirdly a resist layer on the layered protective layer to pattern the layered resist layer with a shape corresponding to the emitting layer; dry-etching the layered anode material, the layered one or more organic substances, the layered cathode material and the layered protective layer in accordance with the pattern of the resist layer; and repeating the second and third layering steps and the dry-etching step to make an arrangement of the one or more organic electroluminescent elements.