José Luis Escobar Alas (born 10 March 1959) is a Salvadoran Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of San Salvador since 2009.

He was previously an auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of San Vicente since 2002, having entered the priesthood in 1982.

Escobar served as Vicar General of the Diocese of San Vicente before being named an auxiliary bishop by Pope John Paul II on January 19, 2002.

In late December 2012, Escobar authorised the removal of the tiled ceramic mural façade of the San Salvador Cathedral, El Salvador's principal basilica, without consultation with the national government nor the artist, Fernando Llort.

This resulted in the destruction of all the 2,700 tiles of the mural which depicted former archbishop Óscar Romero.