The Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão () 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 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
References
External links GCatholic.org Catholic Hierarchy Diocese website (Portuguese)