Diocese of Machala, Ecuador 🇪🇨

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Machala / Machalen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cuenca

Neighbouring Dioceses: San Jacinto (↑), Cuenca (↗), Loja (↘), Piura (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1954.07.26: Established as Territorial Prelature of El Oro (from Diocese of Guayaquil and Diocese of Loja and became suffragan of Quito)
1956.01.22: Became suffragan of Guayaquil
1961.09.11: Became suffragan of Cuenca
1969.01.31: Promoted as Diocese of Machala / Machalen(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.09.27 – ...):

Bishop Vicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra (58)

Monsignors (1)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Machala (Roman Rite)

Bishop Vicente Horacio Saeteros Sierra (58)
(2022.09.27 – ...)

Bishop of Machala (Ecuador)

Fiat misericordia tua

Born:	1968.04.06 (Santa Ana, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	2000.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.08.15

Priest of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (2000.03.25 – 2020.05.16)

Titular Bishop of Rusuccuru (2020.05.16 – 2022.09.27)

Auxiliary Bishop of Portoviejo (Ecuador) (2020.05.16 – 2022.09.27)

Bishop of Machala (Ecuador) (2022.09.27 – ...)

Bishop Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza (79)
(2013.07.20 – 2022.09.27)

Bishop emeritus of Machala (Ecuador)

Born:	1946.09.10 (Ayapamba, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1975.08.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.12.18

Priest of Machala (Ecuador) (1975.08.03 – 2004.11.25)

Bishop of Guaranda (Ecuador) (2004.11.25 – 2013.07.20)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (2008 – 2014)

Bishop of Machala (Ecuador) (2013.07.20 – 2022.09.27)

Bishop Hermenegildo José Torres Asanza (60)
(Apostolic Administrator 2012.10.22 – 2013.07.20)

Bishop Luis Antonio Sánchez Armijos, S.D.B. (82)
(2010.02.22 – 2012.10.22)

Bishop emeritus of Machala (Ecuador)

Apacienra mis ovejas

Born:	1943.07.27 (Olmedo, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1975.01.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.07.27

Bishop of Tulcán (Ecuador) (2002.06.15 – 2010.02.22)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (2005 – 2008)

Bishop of Machala (Ecuador) (2010.02.22 – 2012.10.22)

Bishop Néstor Rafael Herrera Heredia
(1982.01.14 – 2010.02.22)

Born:	1933.10.23 (Pujili, Ecuador)
Ordained Priest:	1957.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1982.02.14
Died:	2026.06.24 (Quito, Ecuador † 92)

Priest of Quito (Ecuador) (1957.07.21 – 1982.01.14)

Bishop of Machala (Ecuador) (1982.01.14 – 2010.02.22)

President of Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (2005.07 – 2008.04)

Fr. Jesús Ramón Martínez de Ezquerecocha Suso (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1980 – 1982.01.14)

Bishop Antonio José González Zumárraga (later Cardinal)
(1978.01.30 – 1980.06.28)

Spiritus unitatis unitas caritate

Born:	1925.03.18 (Pujilí, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.06.15
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21
Died:	2008.10.13 (Valle de los Chillos, Ecuador † 83)