Rutilio Grande


Rutilio Grande

ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Orders
Ordination30 July 1959
by Demetrio Mansilla Reoyo
Personal details
Born
Rutilio Grande García

(1928-07-05)5 July 1928
Died12 March 1977(1977-03-12) (aged 48)
Aguilares, El Salvador
ParentsSalvador Grande
Cristina García
EducationExternado San José
Sainthood
Feast day12 March
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified22 January 2022
Plaza Divino Salvador del Mundo, San Salvador, El Salvador
by Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez
AttributesPriest's cassock
Palm

Rutilio Grande García, SJ (5 July 1928 in El Paisnal – 12 March 1977 in Aguilares) 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 Salvadoran Civil War started and a close friend of Archbishop Óscar Romero. After his death, Romero changed his silence and urged the military junta to investigate the murder. His beatification, through his status as a martyr, was approved by Pope Francis on 21 February 2020, with the ceremony being held on 22 January 2022.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Pope OKs beatification for Rutilio Grande, Salvadoran martyr". Associated Press. 2 May 2021.
  2. ^ Rhina Guidos (27 August 2021). "El Salvador sets date for four beatifications in January". Crux Now. Retrieved 28 August 2021.