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.
- SANTA ISABELSan Vicente del RaspeigView parish
- SANTA MARÍAVillenaView parish
- SANTA MARÍA MAGDALENATibiView parish
- SANTA TERESACampelloView parish
- SANTA TERESA DE ÁVILAAlicanteView parish
- SANTAS JUSTA Y RUFINAOrihuelaView parish
- SANTIAGO APÓSTOLOnilView parish
- SANTIAGO APÓSTOLAlbateraView parish
- SANTIAGO APÓSTOLAlicanteMass times recorded
- SANTIAGO APÓSTOLBenijófarView parish
- SANTIAGO APÓSTOLIbiView parish
- SANTIAGO APÓSTOLSanta PolaView parish
- SANTIAGO APÓSTOLVillenaMass times recorded
- SANTIAGO EL MAYOROrihuelaView parish
- SANTOS JUANESCatralView parish
- SANTOS JUANESBacarotView parish
- SANTUARIO DIOCESANO NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL CARMENCoxView parish
- SANTUARIO DIOCESANO NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL PILARBenejúzarView parish
- SANTUARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE MONSERRATEOrihuelaView parish
- SANTUARIO SAN PASCUAL Y NUESTRA SEÑORA DE ORITOOrito, Monforte del CidMass times recorded
- SANTÍSIMA CRUZAlicanteView parish
- SANTÍSIMA TRINIDADVerdegásView parish
- SANTÍSIMA TRINIDADCampelloView parish
- SANTÍSIMA TRINIDADCrevillenteView parish
- SANTÍSIMA TRINIDADEncebrasView parish
- TEMPLO CRISTO RESUCITADOVillajoyosaView parish
- TRANSFIGURACIÓN DEL SEÑORIbiView 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.