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Óscar Romero
Sign in to saveAlso known as Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Óscar Arnulfo Romero, Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdamez, Galdámez, Arzobispo oscar romero, Arzobispo Óscar Romero, Monseñor romero
fourth archbishop of San Salvador (1917–1980)
Óscar Romero was an archbishop in El Salvador who became a prominent religious and moral leader during a period of political violence in his country. He is remembered for speaking out against human rights abuses and injustice, making him an important figure in the history of religious activism and Central American politics.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arnulfo
- Family name
- Romero
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- El Salvador
- Place of birth
- Ciudad Barrios
- Place of death
- San Salvador
- Occupation
- Latin Catholic priest
- Position held
- auxiliary bishop
- Educated at
- Pontifical Gregorian University
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Native language
- Salvadoran Spanish
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Image
- Monseñor Romero (colour).jpg
- Motto
- Sentir con la Iglesia
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- Commons category
- Óscar Arnulfo Romero
- date of birth
- 1917-08-15
- date of death
- 1980-03-24
- canonization status
- blessed
- feast day
- March 24
- birth name
- Óscar Arnulfo Romero Galdámez
- consecrator
- Arturo Rivera y Damas
- inspired by
- Adolf Holl
- subject has role
- martyr
- name in native language
- Óscar Romero
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- described by source
- Wikitólica
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Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador; he served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, the Titular Bishop of Tambeae, as Bishop of Santiago de María, and finally as the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador. As archbishop, Romero spoke out against social injustice and violence amid the escalating conflict between the military government and left-wing insurgents that led to the Salvadoran Civil War. In 1980, Romero was fatally shot by an assassin while celebrating Mass. Though no one was ever convicted for the crime, investigations by the UN-created Truth Commission for El Salvador concluded that Major Roberto D'Aubuisson, a death squad leader and later founder of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) political party, had ordered the killing.
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