Diocese of Santo Domingo en Ecuador Dioecesis Sancti Dominici in Aequatoria | |
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Location | |
Country | Ecuador |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Portoviejo |
Coordinates | 0°15′0″S79°9′0″W / 0.25000°S 79.15000°W Coordinates: 0°15′0″S79°9′0″W / 0.25000°S 79.15000°W |
Statistics | |
Area | 8,500 km2 (3,300 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2010) 763,000 653,000 (85.6%) |
Parishes | 58 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 5 January 1987 (Erected as Territorial Prelature) 8 August 1996 (Elevated to Diocese) |
Cathedral | Cathedral 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] |
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