Diocese of Teruel y Albarracín
Diocese of Teruel y Albarracín | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Spain |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Saragossa |
Diocesan bishop | Antonio Gomez Cantero |
founding | 1577 |
surface | 11,867 km² |
Parishes | 262 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Residents | 89,533 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics | 87,932 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
proportion of | 98.2% |
Diocesan priest | 125 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious priest | 25 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Catholics per priest | 586 |
Friars | 30 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
Religious sisters | 154 ( 12/31/2007 / AP2009 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
cathedral | Catedral de San Pedro in Teruel |
Co-cathedral | Catedral de Santa María y Santiago in Albarracín |
Website | www.diocesisdeteruel.org |
The Diocese of Teruel y Albarracín ( Latin Dioecesis Terulensis et Albarracinensis ) is in Spain situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in Teruel .
history
The diocese of Teruel y Albarracín was on July 31, 1577 by Pope Gregory XIII. Established from the cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Saragossa as the Diocese of Teruel . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Saragossa as a suffragan . On September 7, 1851, the Diocese of Albarracín was attached to the Diocese of Teruel. The Diocese of Teruel-Albarracín was renamed on August 11, 1984 in the Diocese of Teruel y Albarracín .
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