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Diocese of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão

Dioecesis Palmensis-Beltranensis



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Bishop(s)

  • Edgar Xavier Ertl, S.A.C., Bishop

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 7 January 1987
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cascavel
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • State: Parana
  • Country: Brazil
  • Square Kilometers: 18,719 (7,230 Square Miles)
  • Conference Region: Sul 2
  • Official Web Site: https://www.diocesepalmasbeltrao.com.br
  • Mailing Address: Rua Bispo Dom Carlos 819, C.P. 50, 85555-000 Palmas, PR, Brazil
  • Telephone: (046)3263-1134

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Palmas
9 December 1933ErectedDiocese of Lages
Diocese of Ponta Grossa
Territorial Prelature of Palmas (erected) (Palmas, Cleveland, and Chapeco)
14 January 1958Territory LostDiocese of Lages (Concordia, Ita, and Seára)
Territorial Prelature of Palmas (Chapecó, Descanso, Dionisio Cerqueira, Itapiranga, Mondai, Palmitos, São Carlos, São Miguel d'Oeste, Xanxerê, and Xaxim (all in St. Catherine))
Diocese of Chapecó (erected)
Diocese of Palmas
14 January 1958ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Palmas (Palmas, Barracão, Bituruna, Capanema, Chopinzinho, Clevelândia, Coronel Vivida, Francisco Beltrão, Mangueirinha, Pato Branco, and Santo Antonio (all in Paranensi)) Diocese of Palmas
16 October 1979Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Foz do Iguaçu (from Curitiba to Cascavel)
Diocese of Palmas (from Curitiba to Cascavel)
Diocese of Toledo (from Curitiba to Cascavel)
9 February 1984Territory LostDiocese of Palmas (General Carneiro and Bituruna) Diocese of União da Vitória
Diocese of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão
7 January 1987Name ChangedDiocese of Palmas Diocese of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão
26 May 1998Territory AddedDiocese of Miracema do Tocantins (Part of Tocantinia) Diocese of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Territorial Prelature of Palmas
1950126,900137,63092.2%320235,517223611ap1951
Diocese of Palmas
1966339,340379,69489.4%1435496,9253612527ap1967
1968470,000520,00090.4%7384510,444385029ap1971
1976553,500635,50087.1%1658747,4798014034ap1977
1980596,000709,00084.1%1261738,1649415638ap1981
Diocese of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão
1990557,000632,00088.1%2350737,63010015839ap1991
1999507,000562,00090.2%2650766,671215516041ap2000
2000513,000569,00090.2%2553786,576314413441ap2001
2001484,680557,10387.0%2653796,13539913342ap2002
2002487,743557,10387.5%2753806,09649911343ap2003
2003487,448557,44387.4%2849776,330211311343ap2004
2004490,787557,70788.0%3048786,292611011543ap2005
2013549,000626,00087.7%4043836,61466810244ap2014
2016544,000619,87687.8%4642886,1816619545ap2017
2019556,200633,80087.8%4245876,3936659147ap2020
2021565,000643,85087.8%4542876,4946607246ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Territorial Prelature of Palmas
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 27, Page 33, to Page 35
  • Diocese of Palmas
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 50, Page 507, to Page 510
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 71, Page 1,502, and Page 1,503
  • Diocese of Palmas-Francisco Beltrão
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 223, and Page 224
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 91, Page 123, and Page 124

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