Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante
Oriolen(sis)-Lucentin(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
Latin rite diocese in the Valencian Community, Spain, erected in 1564 as the Diocese of Orihuela and renamed Orihuela-Alicante in 1959. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Valencia. Its seat is the Cathedral of El Salvador y Santa Maria in Orihuela, with the Co-Cathedral of San Nicolas in Alicante.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 July 1564
- Latin
- Oriolen(sis)-Lucentin(us)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
- Annuario code
- 001002468
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,169,864
- Priests
- 329
- Catholics per priest
- 3,556
- Extent
- 4,415 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 265
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
- Bishop
- Jose Ignacio Munilla Aguirre
- Born
- 13 November 1961
- Birthplace
- Zumárraga
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of El Salvador y Santa Maria, Orihuela stands in Orihuela-Alicante, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of San Nicolas, Alicante.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Valencia
A suffragan of Valencia.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ValenciaValencia
- Diocese of IbizaIbiza
- Diocese of MallorcaMallorca
- Diocese of MenorcaMenorca
- Diocese of Segorbe-Castellón de la PlanaSegorbe-Castellón de la Plana
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Established in 1564 as the Diocese of Orihuela, taken from the Diocese of Cartagena, this see received its present name in 1959. The Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante (Latin: Dioecesis Oriolensis-Lucentinus) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church seated in the cities of Orihuela and Alicante, within the ecclesiastical province of Valencia in Spain.
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].