Suffragan diocese Orihuela-Alicante, Spain
Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante
Oriolen(sis)-Lucentin(us)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1564
- Catholics
- 1,169,864
- Priests
- 329
- Territory
- 4,415 km²
Parishes and churches
267 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- CATEDRAL-PARROQUIA EL SALVADOROrihuela · CathedralView parish
- SAN NICOLÁSAlicante · CathedralMass times recorded
- BASÍLICA DE SANTA MARÍAAlicanteView parish
- BASÍLICA DE SANTA MARÍAElcheView parish
- BASÍLICA NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL SOCORROAspeView parish
- BEATO FRANCISCO CASTELLÓAlicanteView parish
- CAPILLA EL MOJÓNTown not recordedView parish
- CAPILLA NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LOS ÁNGELESAlicanteView parish
- CAPILLA SANTA MARÍA DEL MAROrihuela-CostaView parish
- CAPILLA VIRGEN DEL CARMENArenales del SolView parish
- CORAZÓN DE MARÍAAlicanteView parish
- CORPUS CHRISTIAlicanteMass times recorded
- CRISTO RESUCITADO Y CENTRO ECUMÉNICOOrihuela CostaMass times recorded
- DIVINA PASTORAAlicanteView parish
- ECCE HOMOMolinsView parish
- EL BUEN PASTORAlicanteView parish
- EL BUEN PASTORAspeView parish
- EL BUEN PASTORBenidormView parish
- EL BUEN PASTORElcheView parish
- EL SALVADORAlicanteView parish
- EL SALVADORElcheView parish
- EL SALVADORLa CanalosaView parish
- EL SALVADORMuchamielView parish
- EL SALVADORTorreviejaView parish
- ERMITA CORAZÓN DE JESÚSAlmoradíView parish
- ERMITA CRISTO DE LA AGONÍAOrihuelaView parish
- ERMITA CRUZ CUBIERTAOrihuelaView parish
- ERMITA LA MILAGROSASan BartoloméView parish
- ERMITA NUESTRA SEÑORA DE FÁTIMAGuardamar del SeguraView parish
- ERMITA NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA PORTERÍARafalView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Jose Ignacio Munilla Aguirre
- Born
- 13 November 1961
- Birthplace
- Zumárraga
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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.
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.