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CAFOD shares a timeline of information about Archbishop Oscar Romero's life from his birth in 1917 in El Salvador to his martyrdom in in 1980 and his canonisation in 2018.
Sep 10, 2023 · Oscar Romero was beatified by Pope Francis on 23rd May 2015 and canonised (made a saint) in Rome on 14th October 2018. His life. I must tell you, as a Christian, I do not believe in death without resurrection. If I am killed, I shall arise in the Salvadoran people.
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.
May 23, 2015 · Oscar Romero was the Archbishop of San Salvador from 1977 until he was assassinated in 1980. He was initially regarded as a conservative choice as archbishop, but he became increasingly outspoken about human rights violations in El Salvador – particularly after the murder of his close friend Father Rutilio Grande in March 1977.
Oscar Romero was Archbishop of San Salvador. He was assassinated on Monday March 24 th 1980 as he was celebrating Mass in the chapel of the Divine Providence cancer hospital where he lived.
Saint Oscar Romero, Salvadoran Roman Catholic archbishop who was a vocal critic of the violent activities of government armed forces, right-wing groups, and leftist guerrillas involved in El Salvador’s civil conflict.
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Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero (1917 – 1980) was killed by a right wing death squad during the Salvadoran civil war, shortly after appealing to the soldiers of the Salvadoran army, in the name of God, to stop killing their brothers and sisters.
