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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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of El Salvador y Santa Maria, Orihuela, in Orihuela-Alicante, Spain.

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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.

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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.

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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.