Diocese of Escuintla, Guatemala 🇬🇹

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Escuintla / Escuintlen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Santiago de Guatemala

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Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción

1969.05.09: Established as Territorial Prelature of Escuintla / Escuintlen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Guatemala and became suffragan of Guatemala)
1994.07.28: Promoted as Diocese of Escuintla / Escuintlen(sis) (Latin)

Bishop (2026.03.24 – ...):

Bishop Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus (62)

Bishops of Escuintla (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus (62)
(2026.03.24 – ...)

Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala)

Born:	1963.08.02 (Aldea Azulco, Jutiapa, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:	1994.12.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.05.21

Priest of Jalapa (Guatemala) (1994.12.03 – 2016.02.22)

Bishop of Zacapa (Guatemala) (2016.02.22 – 2026.03.24)

Bishop-Prelate of Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (Guatemala) (2016.02.22 – 2026.03.24)

Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala) (2026.03.24 – ...)

Bishop Victor Hugo Palma Paúl (67) (later Archbishop)
(2004.04.03 – 2024.12.10)

Born:	1958.04.10 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:	1983.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.09.01

Priest of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1983.12.23 – 2001.07.14)

Coadjutor Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala) (2001.07.14 – 2004.04.03)

Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala) (2004.04.03 – 2024.12.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango–Totonicapán (Guatemala) (2024.12.10 – ...)

Bishop Fernando Claudio Gamalero González
(1994.07.28 – 2004.04.03)

Born:	1930.05.19 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:	1961.05.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.05.10
Died:	2004.04.03 († 73)

Bishop-Prelate of Escuintla (Guatemala) (1986.03.13 – 1994.07.28)

Bishop of Escuintla (Guatemala) (1994.07.28 – 2004.04.03)

Prelates of Escuintla (Roman Rite)

Bishop Fernando Claudio Gamalero González
(1986.03.13 – 1994.07.28)

(see above)

Bishop José Ramiro Pellecer Samayoa
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1982 – 1986.03.13)

Bishop Mario Enrique Ríos Montt, C.M.
(1974.07.13 – 1984.03.03)

Born:	1932.03.17 (Huehuetenango, Guatemala)
Ordained Priest:	1959.07.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.09.27
Died:	2026.04.05 (Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala † 94)

Bishop-Prelate of Escuintla (Guatemala) (1974.07.13 – 1984.03.03)

Titular Bishop of Tiguala (1974.07.13 – 2026.04.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Guatemala (Guatemala) (1987.01.24 – 2010.10.02)

Apostolic Administrator of Izabal (Guatemala) (2011.07.26 – 2013.02.09)