Suffragan diocese Palmas–Francisco Beltrão, Brazil
Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão
Palmen(sis)-Beltranen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1933
- Catholics
- 490,787
- Priests
- 90
- Territory
- 17,964 km²
Parishes and churches
46 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa Terezinha e Santo AgostinhoAmpéreView parish
- Santo Antônio de PáduaDois VizinhosView parish
- Santo Antônio de PáduaSanto Antônio do SudoesteView parish
- Senhor Bom JesusVitorinoView parish
- Senhor Bom Jesus da RedençãoItapejara d’OesteView parish
- São Francisco de AssisSalgado FilhoView parish
- São Francisco de AssisChopinzinhoView parish
- São Francisco de SalesMariópolisView parish
- São JoaquimVerêView parish
- São JorgeSão Jorge do OesteView parish
- São JoséDr. Antônio ParanhosView parish
- São JoséFrancisco BeltrãoView parish
- São João BatistaSão JoãoView parish
- São Pedro ApóstoloPato BrancoView parish
- São RoqueCoronel VividaView parish
- São Sebastião e Nossa Senhora dos PobresHonório SerpaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Edgar Xavier Ertl
- Born
- 3 September 1966
- Birthplace
- Nova Prata do Iguaçu
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ DELL'APOSTOLATO CATTOLICO (PALLOTTINI)
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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.
History
Two cities, Palmas and Francisco Beltrão, share this diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Palmensis-Beltranensis), which belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cascavel in Brazil.