Roman Catholic Diocese of Orihuela-Alicante

The Diocese of Orihuela -Alicante (Latin: Dioecesis Oriolensis - Lucentinus, Spanish: diócesis de Orihuela- Alicante) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Spain, based in Orihuela. It belongs with the dioceses of Ibiza, Mallorca, Menorca and Segorbe - Castellón de la Plana to the church province of Valencia.

Been appointed a new Bishop on 26 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI. Rafael Palmero, who had previously been Bishop of Palencia. Its predecessor was Victorio Oliver Domingo, whose resignation had been accepted for reasons of age, the Pope on the same day.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valencia Friar Roman Catholic Diocese of Ibiza Roman Catholic Diocese of Majorca Roman Catholic Diocese of Menorca Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Diocese of Palencia Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Barcelona Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Burgos Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oviedo Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Pamplona y Tudela Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Compostela Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zaragoza Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Seville Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tarragona Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Valladolid Roman Catholic Diocese of Albacete Roman Catholic Diocese of Astorga Roman Catholic Diocese of Bilbao Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartagena Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Real Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Rodrigo Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuenca Roman Catholic Diocese of Getafe Roman Catholic Diocese of Girona Roman Catholic Diocese of Guadix Roman Catholic Diocese of Huelva Roman Catholic Diocese of Huesca Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaca Roman Catholic Diocese of Jerez de la Frontera Roman Catholic Diocese of Canarias Roman Catholic Diocese of Lleida Roman Catholic Diocese of Lugo Roman Catholic Diocese of Ourense Roman Catholic Diocese of Osma-Soria Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia Roman Catholic Diocese of Salamanca Roman Catholic Diocese of Santander Roman Catholic Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat Roman Catholic Diocese of Segovia Roman Catholic Diocese of Solsona Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarazona Roman Catholic Diocese of Terrassa Roman Catholic Diocese of Tortosa Roman Catholic Diocese of Tui-Vigo Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell Roman Catholic Diocese of Vic Roman Catholic Diocese of Vitoria Roman Catholic Diocese of Zamora in Spain
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