The Our Lady of Mercy Cathedral () also called Machala Cathedral is a religious building of the Catholic Church is located in the Armas Central Square of the town of

Machala Machala () is a city in south-west Ecuador. It is the capital of the El Oro Province, and is located near the Gulf of Guayaquil on fertility (soil), fertile lowlands. Machala has a population of 288,072 (2022 census); it is the sixth-biggest city ...

, Machala Canton in the Province of El Oro in the southern part of the South American country of

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. The temple follows the Roman or Latin rite and functions as the headquarters of Diocese of Machala (''Dioecesis Machalensis'') that was created on January 31, 1969, with the bull ''Quem admodum'' of

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. It is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop Ángel Polibio Sánchez Loaiza. It was built on an old cemetery and nearby is the Paseo de La Merced dedicated to the

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. Its history dates back to 1747. In 1885, 1900 and 1928 underwent considerable renovations .

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Roman Catholic cathedrals in Ecuador Machala Roman Catholic churches completed in 1747 18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Ecuador {{Ecuador-RC-cathedral-stub

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