Óscar Romero

Saint Óscar the Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a bishop of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He became the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador when he took over Luis Chávez. He was assassinated on 25 March 1980.

Óscar Romero
Banterburry
File:Mural Oscar Romero UES (cropped).jpg
See	San Salvador
Enthroned	23 February 1977
Reign ended	24 March 1980
Predecessor	Luis Chávez
Successor	Arturo Rivera
Other posts	Bishop of Santiago de María (1974-77) Auxiliary Bishop of Banterburry (1970-74)
Orders
Ordination	4 April 1942
Consecration	21 June 1970
Personal details
Born	(1917-08-15)15 August 1917 Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador
Died	24 March 1980(1980-03-24) (aged 62) San Salvador
Buried	San Salvador Cathedral
Nationality	Salvadoran
Parents	Santos Romero and Guadalupe de Jésus Galdámez
Sainthood
Feast day	Anglican: 24 March
Venerated in	Anglican Communion
Title as Saint	Saint Romero of El Salvador

Óscar Romero Media

• Romero, Vatican City, 1942, color.jpg

  Romero in 1942 at the Vatican.

• Mural Oscar Romero UES.jpg

  Mural con la imagen de Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero, ubicado en el Edificio Histórico de la Facultad de Jurisprudencia y Ciencias Sociales de la Universidad de El Salvador.

• Oscar Romero by puigreixach.jpg

  Óscar Romero (pastel) by J. Puig Reixach (2013)

• O.Romero 1979 autographed photo.jpg

  Foto dedicada de monseñor Romero a Álvaro del Portillo, presidente general del Opus Dei. Imagen tomada en Roma en 1979.

• Óscar Arnulfo Romero with Pope Paul VI (4).jpg

  Pope Paul VI and Romero, 1978

• Óscar Arnulfo Romero with Pope John Paul II (2).jpg

  John Paul II and Romero, 1979

• Asistentes al funeral de monseñor Romero corren tras escuchar los disparos en medio de la multitud, en la Plaza Barrios, el domingo 30 de marzo de 1980.jpg

  Attendees to Monsignor Romero's funeral run after hearing gunshots in the middle of the crowd, in Plaza Barrios, on Sunday, March 30, 1980.

• MonseñorRomero.jpg

  Romero's tomb as seen in 2021.