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.
- IGLESIA SAN JOSÉRojalesView parish
- IGLESIA SANTA MARÍA DEL MAREl AltetView parish
- INMACULADA CONCEPCIÓNTorreviejaMass times recorded
- INMACULADA CONCEPCIÓNAlicanteView parish
- INMACULADA CONCEPCIÓNEldaView parish
- INMACULADA CONCEPCIÓNSan Vicente del RaspeigView parish
- LA PURÍSIMATorrellanoView parish
- LA PURÍSIMAFormentera del SeguraView parish
- LA PURÍSIMALa NucíaView parish
- LA REDENCIÓN DE NUESTRO SEÑORAlicanteView parish
- LA RESURRECCIÓN DEL SEÑORAlicanteView parish
- LA SANTA CRUZPetrerView parish
- LA VISITACIÓN DE NUESTRA SEÑORAAlicanteView parish
- MADRE DE DIOSElcheView parish
- MARÍA ASUNTACastallaView parish
- MARÍA AUXILIADORAAlicanteView parish
- MARÍA AUXILIADORAAlgodaView parish
- MARÍA MADRE DE LA IGLESIAAlicanteView parish
- MONASTERIO CARMELITAS DESCALZASTown not recordedView parish
- MONASTERIO DE LA TRINIDAD (DOMINICAS)Town not recordedView parish
- MONASTERIO DE SAN JUAN (CLARISAS)Town not recordedView parish
- MONASTERIO DE SAN SEBASTIÁN (AGUSTINAS)Town not recordedView parish
- MONASTERIO SANTUARIO DE LA SANTA FAZSanta Faz AlicanteMass times recorded
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DE BELÉNJacarillaView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DE BELÉNBigastroView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DE BELÉNCrevillenteView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DE BELÉNLa AparecidaView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DE GRACIAAlicanteMass times recorded
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ALMUDENABenidormView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA ASUNCIÓNEl Castell de GuadalestView 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.