Diocese of Albacete
| Diocese of Albacete | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Spain |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Toledo |
| Diocesan bishop | Ángel Fernández Collado |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Ciriaco Benavente Mateos |
| founding | November 2, 1949 |
| surface | 14,926 km² |
| Parishes | 193 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Residents | 396,987 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics | 379,791 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| proportion of | 95.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 142 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious priest | 24 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 2,288 |
| Permanent deacons | 13 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Friars | 33 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| Religious sisters | 264 (2015 / AP 2016 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | San Juan Bautista |
| address | Calle Salamanca 10 02001 Albacete España |
| Website | www.diocesisalbacete.org |
The diocese of Albacete ( Latin : Dioecesis Albasitensis , Spanish : Diócesis de Albacete ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the province of Albacete and has its bishopric in Albacete .
It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Toledo , to which it is assigned as a suffragan diocese . On November 2, 1949, the diocese of Albacete was founded as a division of the dioceses of Cartagena , Cuenca and Orihuela .
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