Roman Catholic Diocese of Daule

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.

Diocese of Daule Dioecesis Daulensis
Cathedral of the Lord of Miracles in Daule
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 (3 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Lord of Miracles in Daule
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Krzysztof Kudławiec
Bishops emeritus	Giovanni Battista Piccioli

Diocese

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]}

History

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]

Ordinaries

• Giovanni Battista Piccioli (2 February 2022 – 17 March 2022)

Luis Cabrera Herrera, apostolic administrator (17 March 2022 – 25 June 2022)

• Krzysztof Kudławiec (since 22 April 2022)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Ecuador