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 fertile lowlands. Machala has a population of 241,606 ; it is the eighth-biggest city in the country, and the second-most important port. It has been referred to as the Banana Capital of the World.
An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese, or is a diocese, eparchy or similar permanent ordinariate that either has no bishop or, in very rare cases, has an incapacitated bishop.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madrid is one of Spain's fourteen metropolitan archbishoprics. Since 28 August 2014 the archbishop of Madrid has been Carlos Osoro Sierra.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zacapa is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Guatemala.
The Archdiocese of Zamboanga is a Catholic archdiocese in the Philippines. Its present jurisdiction includes Zamboanga City, with suffragans in Basilan and Zamboanga Sibugay. It became Mindanao's first diocese in 1910, and was established as the second archdiocese of Mindanao in 1958. Today, the archdiocese covers a land area of 1,648 square kilometers and has a population of 442,345, of which 81 per cent are Catholics. The archdiocese includes 27 parishes and two quasi-parishes served by 49 diocesan and 18 religious priests. There are also 51 religious sisters working in the archdiocese. Following the death of Romulo T. Dela Cruz on December 10, 2021, the Metropolitan See is considered as vacant. Auxiliary Bishop Moises M. Cuevas is currently seated as the Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese since August 2021.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Telšiai is a suffragan Latin diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Kaunas, one of two in Lithuania.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca is an archdiocese located in the city of Cuenca in Ecuador. Erected as the Diocese of Cuenca from territory of the Diocese of Quito on 1 July 1786, it was elevated to archdiocese status on 9 April 1957.
The Diocese of Santo Domingo in Ecuador is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory of the Catholic Church in northern Ecuador. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Portoviejo.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Babahoyo is a diocese located in the city of Babahoyo in the Ecclesiastical province of Guayaquil in Ecuador.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Fernando de Apure is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Calabozo in Venezuela.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santarém is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in northern Brazil. It was a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará until 6 November 2019.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of (Santíssima) Conceição do Araguaia is a Latin suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic church, in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Belém do Pará in Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of São Luíz de Cáceres is a suffragan Latin diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Cuiabá in Mato Grosso state, western central Brazil.
The Catholic Church in Ecuador comprises only a Latin hierarchy, united in a national episcopal conference, which comprises:
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caacupé is a Latin rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Archdiocese of Asunción, which covers all and only Paraguay.
The Military Ordinariate of Ecuador is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church in Ecuador. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and its Roman Congregation for Bishops. it is headquartered Apartado 17-03-758, Av. América 1830 y Mercadillo in Quito, the capital of Ecuador. It provides pastoral care to Catholics serving in the Ecuadorian Armed Forces and their families.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of California, also called the Diocese of the Californias or Diocese of Two Californias, is a former residential episcopal see that existed during 1840–1849, covering the Californias. After the Mexican–American War, the American portion became the Diocese of Monterey in California, while the Mexican portion was eventually reorganized into the Diocese of Tijuana. In 1996, the title was revived as a titular see of the Catholic Church.
The Diocese of Maastricht was a Roman Catholic jurisdiction in parts of present Netherlands and Belgium, which has been nominally revived as a Latin titular bishopric.
Cellae in Proconsulari was an ancient city and bishopric in Roman Africa, which remains a Latin titular see.
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