Diocese of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados Dioecesis Coloratensis |
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Cathedral of La Ascensión |
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Location | |
Country | Ecuador |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Portoviejo |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | January 5, 1987 (Erected as Territorial Prelature) August 8, 1996 (Elevated to Diocese) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of La Ascensión |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Benedict XVI |
Bishop | Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil Bishop of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados Emilio Lorenzo Stehle Bishop Emeritus of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Lorenzo Voltolini Esti Archbishop of Portoviejo |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados (Latin: Dioecesis Coloratensis) is a diocese located in the city of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados in the Ecclesiastical province of Portoviejo, Ecuador. Erected as a Territorial Prelature from territory of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quito on January 5, 1987, it was elevated to a Diocese on August 8, 1996. It is currently headed by Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil, the Bishop of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados.
Prelate of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados
Bishops of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados
*Elevated to Bishop when the Diocese was elevated.