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.
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL CONSUELOAlteaView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL MARBenidormView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL PILARLa CampanetaView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL PILARLos MontesinosView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL PILARPilar de la HoradadaView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL REMEDIOAlicanteView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL REMEDIOCasas del SeñorView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL REMEDIOLa MatanzaView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIOLa MataView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIOAlicanteView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIOBenejúzarView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIORafalView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL ROSARIO (HEREDADES)HeredadesView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DESAMPARADOSElcheView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DESAMPARADOSAlicanteView parish
- NUESTRA SEÑORA DESAMPARADOSDesamparadosView parish
- SAGRADA FAMILIAAlicanteView parish
- SAGRADA FAMILIAElcheView parish
- SAGRADO CORAZÓNTorreviejaView parish
- SAGRADO CORAZÓNElcheView parish
- SAN AGATÁNGELOElcheView parish
- SAN AGUSTÍNAlicanteView parish
- SAN ANDRÉSLas BayasView parish
- SAN ANDRÉS APÓSTOLAlmoradíView parish
- SAN ANTONIOAlicanteView parish
- SAN ANTONIOSalinasView parish
- SAN ANTONIO ABADVillajoyosaView parish
- SAN ANTONIO DE PADUALa HoyaView parish
- SAN ANTÓNOrihuelaView parish
- SAN ANTÓN ABADElcheView 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.