Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão
Palmen(sis)-Beltranen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Palmas–Francisco Beltrão, Brazil
The Diocese of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in the state of Paraná, originating in 1933 and named for its cathedral in Palmas and co-cathedral in Francisco Beltrão. It is part of the ecclesiastical province of Cascavel and led by Bishop Edgar Xavier Ertl, S.A.C., since 2016.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1933
- Latin
- Palmen(sis)-Beltranen(sis)
- Patron
- Good Jesus
- Annuario code
- 001002523
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 490,787
- Population
- 557,707
- Catholic share
- 88.0%
- Priests
- 90
- Catholics per priest
- 5,453
- Extent
- 17,964 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 27
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Edgar Xavier Ertl
- Born
- 3 September 1966
- Birthplace
- Nova Prata do Iguaçu
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DELL'APOSTOLATO CATTOLICO (PALLOTTINI)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral do Senhor Bom Jesus stands in Palmas–Francisco Beltrão, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Catedral Nossa Senhora da Glória.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Cascavel
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cascavel.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of CascavelCascavel
- Diocese of Foz do IguaçuFoz do Iguaçu
- Diocese of GuarapuavaGuarapuava
- Diocese of ToledoToledo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Two cities, Palmas and Francisco Beltrão, share this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Palmensis-Beltranensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cascavel in Brazil.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Rua Bispo Dom Carlos 819, C.P. 50, 85690-025 Palmas, PR, Brasil
- Telephone
- [046]3263-1134
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].