Rutilio Grande
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 96 |
Date of birth | July 5,1928 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | El Paisnal |
El Salvador | |
Assassinated | Aguilares, El Salvador |
Title as Saint | Servant of God; Martyr |
Ordination | July 30, 1959 |
Parents | Salvador Grande |
Cristina García | |
Books | Rutilio Grande, SJ: Homilies and Writings |
Job | Priest |
Full name | Rutilio Grande García |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatifi | 22 January 2022; Plaza Divino Salvador del Mundo, San Salvador, El Salvador; by Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 587962 |
Rutilio Grande Life story
Rutilio Grande García was a Jesuit priest in El Salvador. He was assassinated in 1977, along with two other Salvadorans. He was the first priest assassinated before the civil war started and a close friend of Archbishop Óscar Romero.