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Rutilio Grande García, SJ (5 July 1928 in El Paisnal – 12 March 1977 in Aguilares) was a Jesuit priest in El Salvador. He was assassinated in 1977, along with two other Salvadorans. He was the first priest assassinated before the Salvadoran Civil War started and a close friend of Archbishop Óscar Romero.
Fr Rutilio Grande, born in the small town of El Paisnal on 5 July 1928, was a Jesuit of unsuspected religious and human depth. In his weakness he found his greatness. He lived much of his life in the silence and humility of those who are becoming, step by step, companions of Jesus.
Jan 21, 2022 · On this deep dive episode of “Inside the Vatican,” we examine the story of Rutilio Grande through the eyes of his friends, family and scholars of his legacy.
Jan 25, 2022 · Today he testifies to the human and spiritual journey he has made throughout his life “in the company” of Rutilio Grande, from his adolescence to his work as vice-postulator of the diocesan phase of the beatification process of the Jesuit assassinated in 1977.
Fr Rutilio Grande’s martyrdom marked the beginning of a campaign of persecution of the Church in El Salvador. Rutilio was assassinated on March 12th 1977 together with his sacristan, Manuel Solorzano and young assistant Nelson Lemus.
Blessed Rutilio Grande, SJ, who worked among El Salvador’s poor, was executed by Salvadoran death squads on March 12, 1977. He was beatified on January 22, 2022 , along with his two companions, Nelson Lemus and Manuel Solórzano, and Franciscan Fr. Cosme Spessotto.
On March 12, 1977, Rutilio Grande was murdered alongside an elderly man, Manuel Solorzano, and a teenage boy, Nelson Lemus. When Archbishop Romero learned of the death of his friend, it awakened him to the reality of his fellow Salvadorans.
