Diocese of Oran
Oranen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Oran, Algeria
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 July 1866
- Latin
- Oranen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002463
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,560
- Population
- 10,322,520
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 0.0%
- Priests
- 2
- Catholics per priest
- 780
- Extent
- 77,353 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Davide Carraro
- Born
- 26 January 1977
- Birthplace
- Sambughè
- Institute
- PONTIFICIO ISTITUTO MISSIONI ESTERE
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
The province of Algiers
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Algiers.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Alger–Iulia CaesareaAlger–Iulia Caesarea
- Diocese of Constantine–Hippo RegiusConstantine–Hippo Regius
- Diocese of LaghouatLaghouat
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria lies the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oran (French: Diocèse d'Oran, Latin: Dioecesis Oranensis).
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.