Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão (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

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

 * Luiz Vicente Bernetti, O.A.D. (1996-2005), appointed Bishop of Apucarana, Parana

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

 * Geremias Steinmetz, appointed Bishop of Paranavaí, Parana in 2011