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.
- ERMITA NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LAS ANGUSTIASOrihuelaView parish
- ERMITA NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LOS ÁNGELESOrihuela-CostaView parish
- ERMITA NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL CARMENOrihuela-CostaView parish
- ERMITA NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL PILARLa AparecidaView parish
- ERMITA NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIODaya NuevaView parish
- ERMITA NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIOGuardamar Del SeguraView parish
- ERMITA SAGRADA FAMILIASan BartoloméView parish
- ERMITA SAGRADA FAMILIACallosa De SeguraView parish
- ERMITA SAGRADA FAMILIAOrihuelaView parish
- ERMITA SAGRADO CORAZÓNOrihuelaView parish
- ERMITA SAGRADO CORAZÓNAlmoradíView parish
- ERMITA SAGRADO CORAZÓNDoloresView parish
- ERMITA SAGRADO CORAZÓNMonóvarView parish
- ERMITA SAGRADO CORAZÓN DE JESÚSBarbarrojaView parish
- ERMITA SAN CARLOSRedovánView parish
- ERMITA SAN JOSÉOrihuelaView parish
- ERMITA SAN JUSTOPilar de la HoradadaView parish
- ERMITA SANTA ANA DE BALSARESEl AltetView parish
- ERMITA SANTA CRUZGranja De RocamoraView parish
- ERMITA SANTA CRUZRedovánView parish
- ERMITA SANTA MARÍA DEL MARGuardamar del SeguraView parish
- ERMITA SANTIAGO APÓSTOLPilar de la HoradadaView parish
- ERMITA SANTÍSIMA TRINIDADGranja De RocamoraView parish
- ERMITA VIRGEN DE LA FUENSANTAOrihuelaView parish
- ESPÍRITU SANTOElcheView parish
- IGLESIA ESPÍRITU SANTOAlfaz del PíView parish
- IGLESIA MARÍA AUXILIADORANoveldaView parish
- IGLESIA NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ASUNCIÓNPilar de la HoradadaView parish
- IGLESIA NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA PAZSan FulgencioView parish
- IGLESIA SAN ANTONIO DE PADUASanta PolaView 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.