Ordinaries •
Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, S.D.B. (1948–1983) •
José Oscar Barahona Castillo (1983–2005) •
José Luis Escobar Alas (2005–2008), appointed Archbishop of San Salvador •
José Elías Rauda Gutiérrez,
O.F.M. (since 2009)
Auxiliary bishops •
José Oscar Barahona Castillo (1982–1983), appointed bishop here •
José Luis Escobar Alas (2002–2005), appointed bishop here
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops •
Fabio Reynaldo Colindres Abarca, appointed Bishop of the
Military Ordinariate of El Salvador in 2008 •
Constantino Barrera Morales, appointed Bishop of
Sonsonate in 2012 ==Territorial losses==