Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Domingo in Ecuador explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Santo Domingo en Ecuador
Latin:Dioecesis Sancti Dominici in Aequatoria
Country:Ecuador
Province:Province of Portoviejo
Area Km2:8,500
Population:763,000
Population As Of:2010
Catholics:653,000
Catholics Percent:85.6
Parishes:58
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
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.

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

See also

Sources and external links

Notes and References

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