Suffragan diocese Santo Domingo en Ecuador, Ecuador
Diocese of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
Sancti Dominici in Aequatoria
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese seated in Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Portoviejo. Erected on 5 January 1987 as the Territorial Prelature of Santo Domingo de los Colorados from territory of the Archdiocese of Quito and elevated to diocese on 8 August 1996. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of La Ascension del Senor; Bishop Bertram Victor Wick Enzler has led it since March 2015.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1987
- Catholics
- 653,000
- Priests
- 84
- Territory
- 8,500 km²
Parishes and churches
58 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parroquia La Ascensión del Señor (Matriz)Santo Domingo · CathedralView parish
- Parroquia Beata Teresa de GerhardingerSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia CatedralSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Corpus ChristiSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Cristo ReyNuevo Israel km- 21 vía ChoneView parish
- Parroquia Cristo Rey y la Inmaculada ConcepciónLa ArmeniaView parish
- Parroquia Espíritu SantoSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Exaltación de la Santa CruzSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Jesús del Gran PoderLuz de AméricaView parish
- Parroquia La AnunciaciónSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia La DolorosaSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia La Inmaculada Concepción de MaríaLas DeliciasView parish
- Parroquia La Medalla MilagrosaSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Madre del Buen PastorNanegalView parish
- Parroquia Ntra. Señora del ValleValle HermosoView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la AsunciónTown not recordedView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la MercedTandapiView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la NatividadSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de las MercedesLas MercedesView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de los DoloresJulio Moreno EspinozaView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de los ÁngelesPuerto LimónView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del CarmenPuerto QuitoView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del CisneBrasilia del ToachiView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora del CisnePedro Vicente MaldonadoView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora Virgen del CisneSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Personal de los TsáchilasSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Reina del CieloMonterreyView parish
- Parroquia Sagrado Corazón de Jesús de MatovelleSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Sagrados CorazonesTown not recordedView parish
- Parroquia San Antonio de PaduaSanto DomingoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Bertram Victor Wick Enzler
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The cathedral
Cathedral of La Ascension del Senor, Santo Domingo stands in Santo Domingo en Ecuador, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
In northern Ecuador, the Latin Church maintains the Diocese of Santo Domingo in Ecuador (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Dominici in Aequatoria), a suffragan see within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Portoviejo. Its cathedral, the Catedral La Ascensión del Señor, dedicated to the Ascension, stands in the episcopal see of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados in Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas Province, where a future cathedral, the Catedral El Buen Pastor, dedicated to the Good Shepherd, is also under construction.