Diocese of Machala

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Machala 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

Prelates of the Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of El Oro

Bishop Silvio Luis Haro Alvear ; Apostolic Administrator; previously, Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guayaquil and Titular Bishop of Antaeopolis; subsequently, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ibarra
Father Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán ; Apostolic Administrator; subsequently Bishop-Prelate of El Oro, and then first Bishop of Machala
Bishop-Prelate Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán ; Titular Bishop of Comana pontica; previously, Apostolic Administrator of El Oro; subsequently, first Bishop of Machala

Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Machala

Bishop Vicente Felicísimo Maya Guzmán ; previously, Apostolic Administrator and then Bishop-Prelate of El Oro
Bishop Antonio José González Zumárraga ; previously, Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quito and Titular Bishop of Tagarata; subsequently, Coadjutor Archbishop and then Metropolitan Archbishop of Quito, then Cardinal-Priest of Chiesa di Santa Maria in Via, Rome, Italy, and President of the Episcopal Conference of Ecuador
Father Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso ; Apostolic Administrator; subsequently, Bishop-Prelate of the Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Los Ríos and then Bishop there
Bishop Néstor Rafael Herrera Heredia ; served as President of the Episcopal Conference of Ecuador
Bishop Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B. ; previously, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulcán
Bishop Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza ; previously, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Guaranda
Bishop Vicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra