Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão

Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão

Dioecesis Palmensis–Beltranensis

Diocese de Palmas–Francisco Beltrão
Location
CountryBrazil
Ecclesiastical provinceCascavel
MetropolitanCascavel
Statistics
Area17,964 km2 (6,936 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
557,707
490,787 (88.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Established9 December 1933 (90 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Good Jesus in Palmas, Paraná
Co-cathedralCo-Cathedral of Our Lady of Glory in Francisco Beltrão
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopEdgar Xavier Ertl, S.A.C.
Metropolitan ArchbishopSede vacante

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (Latin: Dioecesis Palmensis–Beltranensis) is a diocese located in the cities of Palmas & Francisco Beltrão in the ecclesiastical province of Cascavel in Brazil.

History

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  • December 9, 1933: Established as Territorial Prelature of Palmas from the Diocese of Lages and Diocese of Ponta Grossa
  • January 14, 1958: Promoted as Diocese of Palmas
  • January 7, 1987: Renamed as Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão

Bishops

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Ordinaries

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Prelates of Palmas
  • Bishop Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M. (13 December 1947 – 11 April 1958)
Bishops of Palmas
  • Bishop Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M. (11 April 1958 – 7 February 1969)
  • Bishop Agostinho José Sartori, O.F.M. Cap. (16 February 1970 – 7 January 1987)
Bishops of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão
  • Bishop Agostinho José Sartori, O.F.M. Cap. (7 January 1987 – 24 August 2005)
  • Bishop José Antônio Peruzzo (24 August 2005 – 7 January 2015), appointed Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana
  • Bishop Edgar Xavier Ertl, S.A.C. (27 April 2016 – present)

Auxiliary bishop

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Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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References

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