Diocese of Santo Domingo en Ecuador

Historical Details

• Territorial Prelature of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
  • Latin Name: Coloratensis
  • Erected: 5 January 1987
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Portoviejo
  • Country: Ecuador

• Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
  • Latin Name: Coloratensis
  • Elevated: 8 August 1996
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Portoviejo
  • Country: Ecuador

Past and Present Ordinaries

• Emilio Lorenzo Stehle † (5 Jan 1987 Appointed - 11 May 2002 Retired)
• Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil † (11 May 2002 Appointed - 12 Mar 2012 Died)
• Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler (24 Mar 2015 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Statistics

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Territorial Prelature of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
1990	450,000	480,000	93.8%	20	16	36	12,500		23	39	32	ap1991
Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
1999	575,000	595,000	96.6%	32	22	54	10,648	3	33	90	48	ap2000
2000	585,000	600,000	97.5%	45	45	90	6,500	3	57	84	48	ap2001
2001	585,000	600,000	97.5%	46	45	91	6,428	2	57	87	48	ap2002
2002	585,000	650,000	90.0%	51	45	96	6,093	2	57	93	50	ap2003
2003	585,000	675,000	86.7%	42	24	66	8,863	1	33	103	57	ap2004
2004	600,000	700,000	85.7%	51	27	78	7,692	1	33	105	57	ap2005
Diocese of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
2008	635,000	741,000	85.7%	50	35	85	7,470	2	38	100	58	ap2009
2010	653,000	763,000	85.6%	46	31	77	8,480	2	31	103	58	ap2011
2014	785,000	850,000	92.4%	56	31	87	9,022	2	33	87	57	ap2015
2017	725,700	839,600	86.4%	58	38	96	7,559	1	41	111	59	ap2018
2020	741,200	866,400	85.5%	52	28	80	9,265	1	31	101	60	ap2021
2022	753,205	879,466	85.6%	55	29	84	8,966		32	79	60	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

• Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J. (Apostolic Administrator: 15 Mar 2012 to 23 May 2015)
• Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler (Bishop: 24 Mar 2015 - )

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Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

• Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil † (Bishop: 11 May 2002 to 12 Mar 2012)
• Emilio Lorenzo Stehle † (Prelate: 5 Jan 1987; Bishop: 8 Aug 1996 to 11 May 2002)

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