The Roman Catholic Diocese of Daule ( la, Dioecesis Dualensis) is a

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ecclesiastical jurisdiction or

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of the

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located in the city of Daule,

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. It is a

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in the

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of metropolitan

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in Ecuador.

Diocese

The diocese covers an area of the 12 cantons in the

Guayas Province Guayas () is a coastal Provinces of Ecuador, province in Ecuador. It is bordered to the west by Manabí Province, Manabí, Santa Elena Province, Ecuador, Santa Elena, and the Pacific Ocean (as the Gulf of Guayaquil); to the east by Los Ríos Pr ...

: Daule, Balzar,

Colimes Colimes is a town located in northern Guayas, Ecuador, on the Daule River. It is the seat of Colimes Canton. As of the census of 2001, there are 21,049 people residing within canton limits. Its most important crops are: rice, cocoa, and cof ...

, El Empalme,

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, Lomas de Sargentillo,

Nobol Nobol (also known as Narcisa de Jesús) is a town located in central Guayas, Ecuador. It is the seat of Nobol Canton, created in 1992. As of the census of 2001, there are 14,753 people residing within the canton limits. The town is situated abo ...

, Palestina, Pedro Carbo,

Samborondón Samborondón is a canton in Ecuador’s Guayas province. It has 105 localities and two urban parishes (''La Puntilla'') and Samborondón Town (Cabecera cantonal) and one rural parish (''Tarifa''). La Puntilla's parish is one of the most exclusiv ...

, Santa Lucía and Salitre. It is divided into 27 parishes and had 28 diocesan priests in 2022.

History

On 2 February 2022,

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established the Diocese of Daule, when it was split off from the Archdiocese of Guayaquil. As its first ordinary he named Giovanni Battista Piccioli, auxiliary bishop of Guayaquil. His installation was scheduled for 31 March. On 17 March 2022, Pope Francis accepted Piccioli's resignation and named Luis Cabrera Herrera, Archbishop of Guayaquil, apostolic administrator.

Ordinaries

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(2 February 2022 – 17 March 2022) :'' Luís Cabrera Herrera, apostolic administrator'' (17 March 2022 – 25 June 2022) * Krzysztof Kudławiec (since 22 April 2022)

References

External links

Profile at the Catholic Hierarchy
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Diocese

History

Ordinaries

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