Roman Catholic Diocese of Oran

Diocese of Oran
Diocese of Oran; Dioecesis Oranensis
	Map of the Diocese of Oran
Location
Country	Algeria
Ecclesiastical province	Alger
Metropolitan	Oran
Statistics
Area	77,353 km2 (29,866 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2013); 8,645,000; 5,000 (0.1%)
Information
Rite	Roman
Established	July 25, 1866
Cathedral	St. Mary's Cathedral, Oran
Secular priests	14
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jean-Paul Vesco
Metropolitan Archbishop	Paul Jacques Marie Desfarges
Bishops emeritus	Alphonse Émile Georger
Website
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Oran (French: Diocèse d'Oran, Latin: Dioecesis Oranensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria.

History

July 25, 1866: Established as Diocese of Oran from the Diocese of Algiers.

The seat of the bishop is Cathédrale Sainte-Marie in Oran.

Jean-Baptiste-Irénée Callot (January 12, 1867 – November 1, 1875)
Louis-Joseph-Marie-Ange Vigne (March 1, 1876 – February 27, 1880), appointed Bishop of Digne, France
Pierre-Marie-Etienne-Gustave Ardin (February 12, 1880 – March 27, 1884), appointed Bishop of La Rochelle (-Saintes), France
Noël-Mathieu-Victor-Marie Gaussail (January 10, 1884 – June 10, 1886), appointed Bishop of Perpignan-Elne, France
Géraud-Marie Soubrier (March 2, 1886 – March 24, 1898)
Edouard-Adolphe Cantel (July 8, 1898 – December 10, 1910)
Pierre-Firmin Capmartin (February 19, 1911 – December 25, 1914)
Christophe-Louis Légasse (December 6, 1915 – August 13, 1920), appointed Bishop of Périgueux (-Sarlat), France
Léon-Auguste-Marie-Joseph Durand (October 11, 1920 – March 20, 1945)
Bertrand Lacaste (December 29, 1945 – November 30, 1972)
Henri Teissier (November 30, 1972 – December 20, 1980), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Alger
Pierre Lucien Claverie, OP (May 25, 1981 – August 1, 1996)
Alphonse Georger (July 10, 1998 – December 1, 2012)
Jean-Paul Vesco, OP (December 1, 2012 – )