Roman Catholic Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante

Coordinates: 38°05′09″N 0°56′48″W / 38.0857°N 0.9466°W / 38.0857; -0.9466
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Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante

Dioecesis Oriolensis-Lucentinus

Diócesis de Orihuela-Alicante (es)
Diòcesi d'Oriola-Alacant (val)
Location
Country Spain
MetropolitanValencia
Statistics
Area4,415 km2 (1,705 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2019)
1 585 734
1 169 864 (73.8%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCatedral de El Salvador y Santa María, Orihuela
Co-cathedralConcatedral de San Nicolás, Alicante
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Ignacio Munilla Aguirre

The Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante (

Diocese of Cartagena in 1564, obtaining its current denomination in 1959.[1][2]

Cathedral of Orihuela
.

Leadership

  • Gregorio Antonio Gallo de Andrade (22 Aug 1565 – 11 Sep 1577 )
  • Tomás Dacio (13 Jan 1578 – 19 May 1585 )
  • Cristóbal Senmanat y Robuster (17 Aug 1587 – 9 Nov 1593 )
  • José Esteve Juan (12 Jan 1594 – 2 Nov 1603)[3]
  • Andrés Balaguer Salvador, O.P. (10 Nov 1604 – 11 Apr 1626 )
  • Bernardo Caballero Paredes (22 Mar 1627 – 13 Aug 1635 )
  • Juan García Arlés (7 Jan 1636 – 23 Mar 1644 )
  • Félix Guzmán, O.P. (14 Nov 1644 – 1 Mar 1646 )
  • Juan Orta Moreno (19 Nov 1646 – 5 Nov 1690 )
  • José de la Torre Orumbela (3 Oct 1701 – 6 Jan 1712 )
  • José Espejo Cisneros (28 May 1714 – 2 Jul 1717 )
  • Salvador Rodríguez Castelblanco, T.O.R. (22 Nov 1717 – 20 Jun 1727 )
  • José Flores Osorio (22 Dec 1727 – 3 Mar 1738 )
  • Juan Elías Gómez Terán (5 May 1738 – 9 Oct 1758 )
  • Pedro Albornoz Tapia (15 Dec 1760 – 22 Jan 1767 )
  • José Tormo Juliá (1 Jun 1768 – 26 Nov 1790 Died)
  • Antonio Despuig y Dameto (26 Sep 1791 – 1 Feb 1794 )
  • Francisco Javier Cabrera Velasco (1 Jun 1795 – 24 Jul 1797 )
  • Francisco Antonio Cebrián Valdá (23 Jul 1797 – 10 Jul 1815 )
  • Simón López García, C.O. (18 Dec 1815 – 27 Sep 1824 )
  • Félix Herrero Valverde (27 Jun 1824 – 29 Mar 1858 )
  • Pedro María Cubero López de Padilla (27 Sep 1858 – 10 Nov 1881 )
  • Victoriano Guisasola y Rodríguez (27 Mar 1882 – 10 Jun 1886 )
  • Juan Maura y Gelabert (10 Jun 1886 – 24 Jan 1910 )
  • Ramón Plaza y Blanco (18 Jul 1913 – 8 Nov 1921 )
  • Francisco Javier de Irastorza Loinaz (27 Jun 1922 – 29 Dec 1943 )
  • José García y Goldaraz (10 Aug 1944 – 25 Aug 1953 )
  • Pablo Barrachina Estevan (31 Mar 1954 – 12 May 1989 )
  • Francisco Alvarez Martínez
    (12 May 1989 – 23 Jun 1995 )
  • Victorio Oliver Domingo (22 Feb 1996 – 26 Nov 2005 )
  • Rafael Palmero Ramos (26 Nov 2005 – 27 Jul 2012)
  • Jesús Murgui Soriano (27 Jul 2012 – 7 Dec 2021)
  • José Ignacio Munilla Aguirre (7 Dec 2021 – )

See also

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

Sources


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