Diocese of Teruel y Albarracín
Terulen(sis) et Albarracinen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Teruel y Albarracín, Spain
The Diocese of Teruel y Albarracín is a Latin Church diocese in Aragón, Spain, suffragan to Zaragoza. Originally erected as the Diocese of Teruel in 1577, it was restructured under its current name in 1984.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1577
- Latin
- Terulen(sis) et Albarracinen(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora del Tremedal
- Annuario code
- 001003208
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 89,750
- Population
- 93,600
- Catholic share
- 95.9%
- Priests
- 77
- Catholics per priest
- 1,166
- Extent
- 11,867 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.6
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
The register holds no ordinary for this see. Where a chair is vacant the vacancy is the fact, and it is recorded rather than filled in. See the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St Peter, Teruel stands in Teruel y Albarracín, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of Our Lady and St James, Albarracín.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Zaragoza
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Zaragoza.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of Barbastro–MonzónBarbastro–Monzón
- Diocese of HuescaHuesca
- Diocese of TarazonaTarazona
- Archdiocese of ZaragozaZaragoza
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In north-eastern Spain, within the province of Teruel in the autonomous community of Aragón, lies the Latin diocese of Teruel and Albarracín (Latin: Turolensis Albarracinensis). It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza and is therefore suffragan to the Archdiocese of Zaragoza. As of 1912 the diocese of Teruel took in the civil province of the same name, with the sole exception of the town of Bechi (Castellón).
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].