Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Domingo in Ecuador

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Diocese of Santo Domingo en Ecuador

Dioecesis Sancti Dominici in Aequatoria
Catedral de La Ascension.jpg
Cathedral of the Ascension
Location
Country Ecuador
Ecclesiastical province Province of Portoviejo
Coordinates 0°15′0″S79°9′0″W / 0.25000°S 79.15000°W / -0.25000; -79.15000 Coordinates: 0°15′0″S79°9′0″W / 0.25000°S 79.15000°W / -0.25000; -79.15000
Statistics
Area8,500 km2 (3,300 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
763,000
653,000 (85.6%)
Parishes58
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established5 January 1987 (Erected as Territorial Prelature)
8 August 1996 (Elevated to Diocese)
CathedralCathedral of La Ascensión
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler; appointed by Pope Francis on Tuesday, 24 March 2015; formerly, Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guayaquil, in Guayaquil, Ecuador [1] [2]
Map
Ecuador - Diocesi di Santo Domingo de los Colorados.jpg

The Diocese of Santo Domingo in Ecuador (Latin : Dioecesis Sancti Dominici in Aequatoria) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in northern Ecuador. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Portoviejo.

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Its cathedral is the Catedral La Ascensión del Señor, dedicated to the Ascension, in the episcopal see of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, where a future cathedral is also under construction, the Catedral El Buen Pastor, dedicated to the Good Shepherd.

History

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 785,000 Catholics (92.4% of 850,000 total) on 8,500 km² in 57 parishes and 381 missions with 87 priests (56 diocesan, 31 religious), 2 deacons, 120 lay religious (33 brothers, 87 sisters) and 18 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

Territorial Prelate of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados
Suffragan Bishops of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados
Suffragan Bishops of Santo Domingo in Ecuador

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References

  1. http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2015/03/24/0213/00474.html
  2. "Web Translator".