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Óscar Romero

1917 - 1980

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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 shot by an assassin while celebrating Mass. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Óscar Romero is the 659th most popular religious figure (up from 686th in 2019), the most popular biography from El Salvador and the most popular Salvadoran Religious Figure.

Oscar Romero was a Catholic priest and archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador. He is most famous for his work with the poor and his opposition to the dictatorship in El Salvador.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Óscar Romero ranks 659 out of 3,187. Before him are Antipope Clement VII, Philemon, Peter Lombard, Vinko Puljić, Macarius of Egypt, and Hans Küng. After him are Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Tarcisius, John Knox, Zebedee, Saint Eustace, and Pope Theophilus of Alexandria.

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Among people born in 1917, Óscar Romero ranks 30. Before him are Robert Burns Woodward, Kenan Evren, Anthony Burgess, Donald Davidson, Sidney Sheldon, and Leonid Hurwicz. After him are Andrew Huxley, William Standish Knowles, Otto Günsche, Nur Muhammad Taraki, Barry Nelson, and Joan Fontaine. Among people deceased in 1980, Óscar Romero ranks 30. Before him are Marcelo Caetano, Peter Sellers, Alexander Oparin, Otto Frank, Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, and William Tolbert. After him are Willard Libby, John Bonham, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Alejo Carpentier, Milton H. Erickson, and Hans Morgenthau.

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In El Salvador

Among people born in El Salvador, Óscar Romero ranks 1 out of 39. After him are Salvador Sánchez Cerén (1944), Mauricio Funes (1959), Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry (1901), Nayib Bukele (1981), Maximiliano Hernández Martínez (1882), Farabundo Martí (1893), José Napoleón Duarte (1925), Unica Zürn (1916), Gregorio Rosa Chávez (1942), Jaime Rodríguez (1959), and Armando Calderón Sol (1948).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In El Salvador

Among religious figures born in El Salvador, Óscar Romero ranks 1. After him are Gregorio Rosa Chávez (1942).

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