Roman Catholic Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante

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Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante

Dioecesis Oriolensis-Lucentinus

Diócesis de Orihuela-Alicante (es)
Diòcesi d'Oriola-Alacant (val)
Location
CountryFlag of Spain.svg  Spain
Metropolitan Valencia
Statistics
Area4,415 km2 (1,705 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2019)
1 585 734
1 169 864 (73.8%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
CathedralCatedral de El Salvador y Santa María, Orihuela
Co-cathedralConcatedral de San Nicolás, Alicante
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre

The Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante (Latin : Dioecesis Oriolensis-Lucentinus) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church located in the cities of Orihuela and Alicante in the Ecclesiastical province of Valencia in Spain. It was established as Diocese of Orihuela from the Diocese of Cartagena in 1564, obtaining its current denomination in 1959. [1] [2]

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Cathedral of Orihuela.

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References

  1. "Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante" Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. "Diocese of Orihuela–Alicante" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. "Bishop José (Giuseppe) Esteve Juan (Stefano)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org . David M. Cheney. Retrieved April 1, 2016

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