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Suffragan diocese Oran, Algeria

Diocese of Oran

Oranen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Mary's Cathedral, Oran, in Oran, Algeria.

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Established
1866
Catholics
1,560
Priests
2
Territory
77,353 km²

Parishes and churches

10 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Davide Carraro
Born
26 January 1977
Birthplace
Sambughè
Institute
PONTIFICIO ISTITUTO MISSIONI ESTERE

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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.

History

Within the ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oran (French: Diocèse d'Oran, Latin: Dioecesis Oranensis).