Diocese of Santo Domingo in Ecuador
| Diocese of Santo Domingo in Ecuador | |
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| Country | Ecuador |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Portoviejo |
| Diocesan bishop | Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler |
| founding | 1987 |
| surface | 5,432 km² |
| Parishes | 59 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 839,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 717,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 85.5% |
| Diocesan priest | 58 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 37 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,547 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Friars | 42 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 111 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de La Ascension |
| Website | diocesisdestodgo.org |
The diocese of Santo Domingo en Ecuador ( Latin Dioecesis Sancti Dominici in Aequatoria ) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Ecuador with its seat in Santo Domingo de los Colorados . The diocese includes the province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas and adjacent areas.
history
The diocese was detached from the Archdiocese of Quito on January 5, 1987 by Archbishop Antonio González Zumárraga and initially run as a territorial prelature . The first bishop was Emil Stehle ("Emilio Lorenzo Stehle") of German descent. In 1996 Pope John Paul II raised the prelature to the diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Latin: Dioecesis Coloratensis ). On June 18, 2008 it was renamed Santo Domingo en Ecuador .
Bishops
- Emilio Lorenzo Stehle , 1987–2002
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Wilson Moncayo , 2002-2012
- Julio César Terán Dutari SJ , 2012–2015 ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler , since 2015
Web links
Commons : Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados - Collection of images, videos and audio files
