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 San CristóbalSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia San Gabriel del BabaSan Gabriel del BabaView parish
- Parroquia San Jacinto del BúaSan Jacinto del BúaView parish
- Parroquia San José de AlluriquínAlluriquínView parish
- Parroquia San José de CalazansSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia San Juan XXIIISanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia San MatíasLa VillegasView parish
- Parroquia San Miguel ArcángelLibertad del ToachiView parish
- Parroquia San Miguel ArcángelSan Miguel de Los BancosView parish
- Parroquia San Nicolás de MyraSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia San PedroEl PlacerView parish
- Parroquia San PedroLa IndependenciaView parish
- Parroquia San Vicente de AndoasAndoasView parish
- Parroquia San Vicente de PaúlEl EsfuerzoView parish
- Parroquia San Vicente del BúaSan Vicente del BúaView parish
- Parroquia San Vicente FerrerMindoView parish
- Parroquia Santa CruzPactoView parish
- Parroquia Santa Josefina BakhitaSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Santa MarthaSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Santa María del ToachiSanta María del ToachiView parish
- Parroquia Santa María Madre de la PazSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Santa María Reina de los MártiresSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Santo Cura de ArsSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Santo Domingo de GuzmánSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Santo Hermano MiguelSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Santos Angeles CustodiosSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Santísima TrinidadSanto DomingoView parish
- Parroquia Virgen del Cisne - La CélicaLa CélicaView 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.