Diocese of Machala
Dioecesis Machalensis
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Location | |
Country | Ecuador |
Ecclesiastical province | Cuenca |
Metropolitan | Vicente Rodrigo Cisneros Durán |
Statistics | |
Area | 5,819 km2 (2,247 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 512,000 485,000 (94.7%) |
Parishes | 35 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 26 July 1954 (Erected as Territorial Prelature of El Oro) 31 January 1969 (Elevated to Diocese of Machala) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Vicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra |
Bishops emeritus | Néstor 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 provinceofCuenca 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.
Prelates of the Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of El Oro
Bishops of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Machala
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Province of Cuenca |
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Province of Guayaquil |
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Province of Portoviejo |
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Province of Quito |
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