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Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão

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Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão
Dioecesis Palmensis–Beltranensis
Diocese de Palmas–Francisco Beltrão
Location
Country Brazil
Ecclesiastical province Cascavel
Metropolitan Cascavel
Statistics
Area 17,964 km2 (6,936 sq mi)
Population
Total
Catholics
(as of 2004)
557,707
490,787 (88.0%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Established 9 December 1933 (92 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of the Good Jesus in Palmas, Paraná
Co-cathedral Co-Cathedral of Our Lady of Glory in Francisco Beltrão
Current leadership
Pope Leo XIV
Bishop Edgar Xavier Ertl, S.A.C.
Metropolitan Archbishop Sede vacante

Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão — 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

  • 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

Ordinaries

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

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.[1]

References