The episcopate of the country is called the Episcopal Conference of El Salvador (Spanish: Conferencia Episcopal de El Salvador, CEDES).
ECES is a member of the Latin American Episcopal Conference and the Central Episcopal Secretariate Central of America (CESCA).
List of Presidents of the Bishops' Conference:
1958-1967: Luis Chávez y González, Archbishop of San Salvador
1967-1970: Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, bishop of San Vicente
1970-1975: Benjamin Barrera y Reyes, bishop of Santa Ana
1975-1977: Luis Chávez y González, Archbishop of San Salvador
1977-1980: Pedro Arnoldo Aparicio y Quintanilla, bishop of San Vicente
1980-1983: José Eduardo Alvarez Ramirez, Military Ordinary
1983-1988: Marco Rene Revelo Contreras, bishop of Santa Ana
1988-1992: Romeo Tovar Astorga, bishop of Zacatecoluca
1992-1994: Arturo Rivera Damas, archbishop of San Salvador
1995-1998: Marco Rene Revelo Contreras, bishop of Santa Ana
1998-2008: Fernando Saenz Lacalle, Archbishop of San Salvador
2009 - ... : José Luis Escobar Alas, Archbishop of San Salvador