Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados is a diocese
Diocese
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 located in the city of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados
Santo Domingo de los Colorados
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 in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
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 of Portoviejo
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Portoviejo
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, Ecuador
Ecuador
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. 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.

Leadership

Prelate of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados
  • Emilio Lorenzo Stehle* (5 Jan 1987 - 11 May 2002)

Bishops of Santo Domingo de Los Colorados
  • Wilson Abraham Moncayo Jalil (11 May 2002–present)

*Elevated to Bishop when the Diocese was elevated.

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