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Roman Catholic Diocese of Machala

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Diocese of Machala

Dioecesis Machalensis
Location
CountryEcuador
Ecclesiastical provinceCuenca
MetropolitanVicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán
Statistics
Area5,819 km2 (2,247 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
512,000
485,000 (94.7%)
Parishes35
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established26 July 1954 (Erected as Territorial Prelature of El Oro)
31 January 1969 (Elevated to Diocese of Machala)
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopVicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra
Bishops emeritusNéstor Rafael Herrera Heredia
Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B.
Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Machala (Latin: Dioecesis Machalensis) is a diocese located in the city of Machala in the ecclesiastical province of Cuenca in Ecuador. Established on July 26, 1954, as the Territorial Prelature of El Oro from territory of the Dioceses of Guayaquil and Cuenca, it was elevated as the Diocese of Machala on January 31, 1969.

Bishops

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Ordinaries

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Prelates of the Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of El Oro

Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Machala

Auxiliary bishop

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Special churches

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  • Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Machala
  • Minor Basilica: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Natividad de Chilla, Chilla
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