Óscar Romero
Banterburry
See	San Salvador
Installed	23 February 1977
Term 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

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Saint Óscar the Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980)^[1] 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 24 March 1980.

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