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

Ordinaries

Prelates of the Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of El Oro
Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Machala

Auxiliary bishop

  • Hermenegildo José Torres Asanza, appointed Bishop of Guaranda

Special churches

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