Bishop Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus

Bishop Ángel Antonio Recinos Lemus was born on 2 August 1963 in Azulco, in the metropolitan diocese of Jalapa. He studied philosophy and theology at the Nuestra Señora de la Asunción National Major Seminary in Guatemala City. He was ordained a priest on 3 December 1994 and incardinated in the metropolitan diocese of Jalapa. After ordination, he first held the offices of director of Jalapa Minor Seminary (1994-1995), deputy parish priest of Quezeda, El Progresso Achuapa (1995-1996), and parish priest of San Luis Jilotepeque (1997-2000). He was awarded a licentiate in biblical theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome and went on to serve as formator at the Nuestra Señora de la Asunción National Major Seminary (2004-2009) and parish priest of Mataquescuintla (2009-2016). On 22 February 2016 he was appointed bishop of the diocese of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de Esquipulas, and received episcopal ordination the following 21 May.