Diocese of Daule Dioecesis Daulensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Ecuador |
Ecclesiastical province | Guayaquil |
Statistics | |
Area | 5,992.33 km2 (2,313.65 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2022) 471,000 395,000 (83,8%) |
Parishes | 27 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 2 February 2022 (2 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Lord of Miracles in Daule |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Krzysztof Kudławiec |
Bishops emeritus | Giovanni Battista Piccioli |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Daule (Latin : Dioecesis Dualensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Daule, Ecuador. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of metropolitan Guayaquil in Ecuador.
The diocese covers an area of the 12 cantons in the Guayas Province: Daule, Balzar, Colimes, El Empalme, Isidro Ayora, Lomas de Sargentillo, Nobol, Palestina, Pedro Carbo, Samborondón, Santa Lucía and Salitre.
It is divided into 27 parishes and had 28 diocesan priests in 2022.[ citation needed ]
On 2 February 2022, Pope Francis established the Diocese of Daule, when it was split off from the Archdiocese of Guayaquil. [1]
As its first ordinary he named Giovanni Battista Piccioli, auxiliary bishop of Guayaquil. [2] His installation was scheduled for 31 March. [3] On 17 March 2022, Pope Francis accepted Piccioli's resignation and named Luis Cabrera Herrera, Archbishop of Guayaquil, apostolic administrator. [4]
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