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Diocese of Escuintla
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The Diocese of Escuintla is a Latin Church suffragan diocese in southern Guatemala, erected on 28 July 1994 from a territorial prelature. Its cathedral is Nuestra Señora de Concepción, and Bishop Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus was appointed ordinary in March 2026 after transferring from Zacapa.
- Bishop
- Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus
- Latin name
- Escuintlen(sis)
- Established
- 1994
- Cathedral
- Catedral Nuestra Señora de Concepción
- Patron
- Immaculate Conception
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Santiago de Guatemala (Archdiocese of Santiago de Guatemala)
- Catholics
- 887,000
- Chancery
- Obispado, 3a avenida 8-10, Zona 01, 05001 Escuintla, Guatemala
- Telephone
- Tel. 7888-0170; fax 7888-0578
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Santa Rosa de Lima 42 km
- Diocese of Santiago de Guatemala 48 km
- Diocese of Sololá–Chimaltenango 64 km
- Suchitepéquez-Retalhuleu 89 km
- Quiché 91 km
- San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa 94 km
Parishes near the see
- Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe · Escuintla 1 km
- San Pablo · Escuintla 1 km
- Inmaculada Concepción de María · Masagua 12 km
- San Cristóbal · Palín 15 km
- San Lorenzo Mártir · Guanagazapa 17 km
- San Benito de Palermo · La Democracia 19 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001001373 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08