The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Fr. John Kwamevi Cudjoe, S.V.D., until now Parish Priest of Maria Madre de la Iglesia in Huasquillas, as Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guayaquil, assigning him the titular see of Calama.
Msgr. Kwamevi Cudjoe was born on 27th December 1975 in Accra, Ghana, in the Metropolitan Archdiocese of the same name.
He was ordained a Priest on 30th July, 2005 and incardinated in the Missionaries of the Divine Word.
He has held the following offices: parish vicar, Spiritual Director and Professor in the major Seminary of Guayaquil, vice Provincial and member of the team for ongoing formation of the Missionaries of the Divine Word, Chaplain of the Saint John Paul II Centre in Guayaquil, Parish Priest of various parishes in Guayaquil, Provincial Superior for Ecuador (2017-2023) and, to date, Parish Priest of Madre Maria de la Iglesia in Huasquillas, diocese of Machala
