Roman Catholic Diocese of Palmas–Francisco Beltrão

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

• Bishop Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M.

• Bishop Carlos Eduardo de Sabóia Bandeira Melo, O.F.M.
• Bishop Agostinho José Sartori, O.F.M. Cap.

• Bishop Agostinho José Sartori, O.F.M. Cap.
• Bishop José Antônio Peruzzo, appointed Archbishop of Curitiba, Parana
• Bishop Edgar Xavier Ertl, S.A.C.

  Auxiliary bishop

• Luiz Vicente Bernetti, O.A.D., appointed Bishop of Apucarana, Parana

  Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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