Our Lady of Mercy Cathedral, Machala
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 Canton in the Province of El Oro in the southern part of the South American country of Ecuador.

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 Pope Paul VI. 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 Virgin Mary. Its history dates back to 1747. In 1885, 1900 and 1928 underwent considerable renovations .

See also
Roman Catholicism in Ecuador
Our Lady of Mercy

References

Roman Catholic cathedrals in Ecuador
Machala
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1747
18th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Ecuador