Diocese of Teruel y Albarracín

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Diocese of Teruel y Albarracín
Map of the Diocese of Teruel y Albarracín
Basic data
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 .

See also

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Teruel y Albarracín  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
San Pedro Cathedral in Teruel