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Diocese of Santo Domingo en Ecuador

Dioecesis Sancti Dominici in Aequatoria



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 18 June 2008
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Portoviejo
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Ecuador
  • Square Kilometers: 8,500 (3,283 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesisdestodgo.org
  • Mailing Address: Casa Bomboli, Calle German Maya 212, entre Mons. Shumacher y Jorge Iturralde, Urb. Santa Rosa, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Pichincha, Ecuador
  • Telephone: (02)2750.935; 98.025.7043

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
5 January 1987ErectedArchdiocese of Quito Territorial Prelature of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (erected)
25 February 1994Metropolitan ChangedTerritorial Prelature of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (from Quito)
Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
8 August 1996ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Santo Domingo de los Colorados Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
Diocese of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
18 June 2008Name ChangedDiocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados Diocese of Santo Domingo en Ecuador

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Territorial Prelature of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
1990450,000480,00093.8%20163612,500233932ap1991
Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
1999575,000595,00096.6%32225410,6483339048ap2000
2000585,000600,00097.5%4545906,5003578448ap2001
2001585,000600,00097.5%4645916,4282578748ap2002
2002585,000650,00090.0%5145966,0932579350ap2003
2003585,000675,00086.7%4224668,86313310357ap2004
2004600,000700,00085.7%5127787,69213310557ap2005
Diocese of Santo Domingo en Ecuador
2008635,000741,00085.7%5035857,47023810058ap2009
2010653,000763,00085.6%4631778,48023110358ap2011
2014785,000850,00092.4%5631879,0222338757ap2015
2017725,700839,60086.4%5838967,55914111159ap2018
2020741,200866,40085.5%5228809,26513110160ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Territorial Prelature of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 79, Page 508, and Page 509
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 550, and Page 551
  • Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 88, Page 908, and Page 909

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