Diocese of

Santo Domingo

Ecuador

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Santo Domingo / Santo Domingo en Ecuador / Sancti Dominici in Æquatoria (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Portoviejo

Neighbouring Dioceses: Daule (↙), Portoviejo (←), Esmeraldas (↑), Ibarra (↗), Quito (→), Latacunga (↘), Babahoyo (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1987.01.05: Established as Territorial Prelature of Santo Domingo de los Colorados / Coloraten(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Quito and became suffragan of Quito)
1994.02.25: Became suffragan of Portoviejo
1996.08.08: Promoted as Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados / Coloraten(sis) (Latin)
2008.06.18: Renamed as Diocese of Santo Domingo / Santo Domingo en Ecuador / Sancti Dominici in Æquatoria (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2015.03.24 – ...):

Bishop Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler (71)

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santo Domingo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler (71)
(2015.03.24 – ...)

Bishop of Santo Domingo (Ecuador)

Fiat secundum verbum tuum

Born:	1955.03.08 (Waldkirch, Switzerland)
Ordained Priest:	1991.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.11.30

Priest of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (1991.12.08 – 2013.10.26)

Titular Bishop of Carpi (2013.10.26 – 2015.03.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador) (2013.10.26 – 2015.03.24)

Bishop of Santo Domingo (Ecuador) (2015.03.24 – ...)

Bishop Julio César Terán Dutari, S.J.
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.03.15 – 2015.03.24)

Bishop Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil
(2008.06.18 – 2012.03.12)

Born:	1944.09.20 (Ambato, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1970.08.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.06.22
Died:	2012.03.12 († 67)

Priest of Latacunga (Ecuador) (1970.08.23 – 2002.05.11)

Bishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Ecuador) (2002.05.11 – 2008.06.18)

Bishop of Santo Domingo (Ecuador) (2008.06.18 – 2012.03.12)

Bishops of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil
(2002.05.11 – 2008.06.18)

(see above)

Bishop Emilio Lorenzo Stehle
(1996.08.08 – 2002.05.11)

Born:	1926.09.03 (Mühlhausen-Erdwangen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.09.25
Died:	2017.05.16 (Konstanz, Germany † 90)

Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) (1951.06.24 – 1977)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1968.11.29 – 1975.11.22)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (1975.11.22 – 1980.06.18)

Priest of Essen (Germany) (1977 – 1983.07.16)

Protonotary Apostolic Supernumerary (1980.06.18 – 1983.07.16)

Titular Bishop of Eraclea (1983.07.16 – 1987.01.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1983.07.16 – 1987.01.05)

Bishop-Prelate of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Ecuador) (1987.01.05 – 1996.08.08)

Bishop of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Ecuador) (1996.08.08 – 2002.05.11)

Prelates of Santo Domingo de los Colorados (Roman Rite)

Bishop Emilio Lorenzo Stehle
(1987.01.05 – 1996.08.08)

(see above)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral El Buen Pastor, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas
Former Cathedral: Catedral La Ascensión del Señor, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas

Daule (↙), Portoviejo (←), Esmeraldas (↑), Ibarra (↗), Quito (→), Latacunga (↘), Babahoyo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,500 km²

Population: 760,150 Catholics (85.7% of 886,650 total)

Pastoral Centres: 60 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 84 priests (55 diocesan, 29 religious), 2 deacons, 110 religious (31 brothers, 79 sisters), 6 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.06.29

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