Orihuela-Alicante diocese
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Orihuela-Alicante diocese
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| Country | Spain |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Valencia |
| Diocesan bishop | Jesús Murgui Soriano |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Victorio Oliver Domingo Rafael Palmero Ramos |
| founding | July 14, 1564 |
| surface | 4,415 km² |
| Parishes | 214 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,598,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,230,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 77% |
| Diocesan priest | 287 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 69 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 3,455 |
| Permanent deacons | 9 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 107 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 635 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | El Salvador y Santa María |
| Co-cathedral | San Nicolás |
| Website | www.diocesisoa.org |
The Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante ( Latin : Dioecesis Oriolensis-Lucentinus , Spanish : Diócesis de Orihuela-Alicante ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Spain with its seat in Orihuela . Together with the dioceses of Ibiza , Mallorca , Menorca and Segorbe-Castellón de la Plana, it belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Valencia .
The new bishop was appointed on July 27, 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. Jesús Murgui Soriano , who had previously been Bishop of Mallorca . His predecessor was Rafael Palmero Ramos , whose resignation due to age reasons the Pope had accepted on the same day.
