Archbishop Óscar Romero

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Roman Catholic archbishop human human rights activist martyr saint

Archbishop Óscar Romero was a Salvadoran Catholic prelate and prominent human rights advocate whose assassination in 1980, after outspokenly condemning social injustice and state repression, made him an enduring symbol of resistance during the Salvadoran Civil War.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic archbishop → human → human rights activist → martyr → saint →
advocatedFor	the poor → victims of political violence →
appointedArchbishopOfSanSalvador	1977-02-03 →
appointedBishop	1970-04-21 →
appointedBy	Pope Paul VI →
associatedWith	liberation theology →
beatifiedBy	Pope Francis →
canonizedBy	Pope Francis →
causeOfDeath	gunshot wounds →
commemoratedBy	monuments and churches worldwide →
conflict	Salvadoran Civil War →
countryOfCitizenship	El Salvador NERFINISHED →
dateOfAssassination	1980-03-24 →
dateOfBeatification	2015-05-23 →
dateOfBirth	1917-08-15 →
dateOfCanonization	2018-10-14 →
dateOfDeath	1980-03-24 →
dateOfOrdination	1942-04-04 →
endTime	1980 (as Archbishop of San Salvador) →
familyName	Romero y Galdámez →
feastDay	March 24 →
fullName	Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez →
givenName	Óscar Arnulfo →
inspiredBy	Medellín Conference of Latin American Bishops → Second Vatican Council →
killedWhile	celebrating Mass →
knownFor	calling soldiers to obey God rather than unjust orders → weekly radio homilies broadcast across El Salvador →
legacy	symbol of resistance to oppression in Latin America →
locationOfAssassination	Hospital de la Divina Providencia chapel, San Salvador →
mannerOfDeath	assassination →
memberOf	Catholic Church →
notableFor	criticizing state repression and human rights abuses → publicly denouncing social injustice in El Salvador →
occupation	Catholic priest → archbishop → theologian →
ordainedBy	Bishop Giovanni Battista Cesana →
patronage	Caritas Internationalis → El Salvador NERFINISHED →
perpetrator	right-wing death squad (widely attributed) →
placeOfBeatification	San Salvador, El Salvador →
placeOfBirth	Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel, El Salvador →
placeOfCanonization	St. Peter's Square, Vatican City →
placeOfDeath	San Salvador, El Salvador →
positionHeld	Archbishop of San Salvador →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
startTime	1977 (as Archbishop of San Salvador) →
subjectOf	film "Romero" (1989) → numerous biographies and documentaries →
veneratedIn	Roman Catholic Church →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador ("Óscar Arnulfo Romero") → Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador →	burialPlaceOf
liberation theology ("Óscar Romero") →	associatedWith
Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador ("Óscar Arnulfo Romero") →	associatedWithPerson
Óscar Romero ("Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez") →	fullName
El Salvador International Airport ("Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez") →	namedAfter
Salvadoran Civil War →	notableVictimGroup