

                  

                                                                 EXHIBIT 23

                           Consent Of Independent Auditors




 

          We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual
          Report (Form 10K) of Southwestern Bell Corporation of our report
          dated February  11, 1994, included in the 1993 Annual Report to
          Shareowners of Southwestern Bell Corporation.

          Our audits also included the financial statement schedules of
          Southwestern Bell Corporation listed in Item 14(a).  These
          schedules are the responsibility of the Corporation's management. 
          Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. 
          In our opinion, the financial statement schedules referred to
          above, when considered in relation to the basic financial
          statements taken as a whole, present fairly in all material
          respects the information set forth therein.

          We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the
          Registration Statements (Form S-8) pertaining to the Southwestern
          Bell Corporation Savings Plan for Salaried Employees and Savings
          and Security Plan (Non-Salaried Employees) (No. 33-38706), the
          Stock Savings Plan, Management Stock Savings Plan and Stock Based
          Savings Plan (No. 33-37451) and the Southwestern Bell Corporation
          1992 Stock Option Plan (No. 33-49855), and in the Registration
          Statements (Form S-3) pertaining to the Southwestern Bell
          Corporation Dividend Reinvestment Plan (Nos. 2-99261 and 33-
          49893), and Southwestern Bell Capital Corporation and
          Southwestern Bell Corporation (No. 33-45490), and in the related
          Prospectuses of our report dated February 11, 1994, with respect
          to the consolidated financial statements incorporated herein by
          reference, and our report included in the preceding paragraph
          with respect to the financial statement schedules included in
          this Annual Report (From 10-K) for the year ended December 31,
          1993.



                                                   /s/ ERNST & YOUNG 

          San Antonio, Texas  
          March 15, 1994            





          