Type: | Bishop |
Honorific Prefix: | The Most Reverend |
José Gabriel Díaz Cueva | |
Bishop of Azogues | |
Church: | Roman Catholic Church |
Appointed: | March 3, 1964 |
Predecessor: | Erection of the Diocese |
Successor: | Raúl Vela Chiriboga |
Ordination: | October 15, 1950 |
Consecrated By: | Pope Paul VI Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad |
Birth Name: | José Gabriel Díaz Cueva |
Birth Date: | 1925 6, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Cuenca, Ecuador |
José Gabriel Díaz Cueva (13 June 1925 – 26 January 2018) was an Ecuadorian Catholic bishop, who served as the inaugural Bishop of Azogues from 1968 until his resignation in 1975.[1]
He was born in the capital of the Province of Azuay, Cuenca.
He was Ordained Priest on October 15, 1950.
He was consecrated as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Cuenca on March 3, 1964, by Monsignor Manuel de Jesús Serrano Abad.
He was appointed as the 1st Bishop of Azogues of the newly created Diocese of Azogues on June 26, 1968, by the Holy Pope Paul VI.
Díaz Cueva died on January 26, 2018, in a retirement home in the City of Cuenca at the age of 92, a product of his advanced age.[3]