Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
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Diocese of Santo Domingo en Ecuador Dioecesis Sancti Dominici in Aequatoria |
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Cathedral of the Ascension
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| Location | |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Portoviejo |
| Metropolitan | Lorenzo Voltolini Esti |
| Coordinates | 0°15′0″S 79°9′0″W / 0.25000°S 79.15000°WCoordinates: 0°15′0″S 79°9′0″W / 0.25000°S 79.15000°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 8,500 km2 (3,300 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 763,000 653,000 (85.6%) |
| Parishes | 58 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin 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 |
| Emeritus Bishops | Emilio Lorenzo Stehle |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Domingo in Ecuador (Spanish : - en Ecuador) (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Dominici in Aequatoria) is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Portoviejo, in northern Ecuador.
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral La Ascensión del Señor, dedicated to the Ascension, in the city of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, where also a Future Cathedral is in under construction: Catedral El Buen Pastor, dedicated to the Good Shepherd.
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.
(all Roman Rite)
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