Archbishop Oscar Amulfo Romero y Galdamez †

Deceased

Archbishop of San Salvador

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
15 Aug 1917		Born	Ciudad Barrios
4 Apr 1942	24.6	Ordained Priest	Priest
25 Apr 1970	52.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
25 Apr 1970	52.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Tambeae
21 Jun 1970	52.8	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Tambeae
15 Oct 1974	57.2	Appointed	Bishop of Santiago de María, El Salvador
3 Feb 1977	59.5	Appointed	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
22 Feb 1977	59.5	Installed	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador
24 Mar 1980	62.6	Died	Archbishop of San Salvador, El Salvador

a priest for 38.0 years
a bishop for 9.8 years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Girolamo Prigione
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Luis Chávez y González †
Archbishop Arturo Rivera Damas, S.D.B. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Oscar Amulfo Romero y Galdamez † (1970)
Archbishop Girolamo Prigione (1968)
Amleto Giovanni Cardinal Cicognani † (1933)
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

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