Diocese of Oran
Oranen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Oran, Algeria
The Diocese of Oran is a Latin Church diocese in northwestern Algeria, created in 1866. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Algiers, led since 2023 by Bishop Davide Carraro of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 July 1866
- Latin
- Oranen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002463
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,560
- Population
- 10,322,520
- Catholic share
- 0.0%
- Priests
- 2
- Catholics per priest
- 780
- Extent
- 77,353 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Davide Carraro
- Born
- 26 January 1977
- Birthplace
- Sambughè
- Institute
- PONTIFICIO ISTITUTO MISSIONI ESTERE
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
St. Mary's Cathedral, Oran stands in Oran, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Algiers
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Algiers.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Alger–Iulia CaesareaAlger–Iulia Caesarea
- Diocese of Constantine–Hippo RegiusConstantine–Hippo Regius
- Diocese of LaghouatLaghouat
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oran (French: Diocèse d'Oran, Latin: Dioecesis Oranensis).
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].