Born:Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, (1917-08-15)15 August 1917, Ciudad Barrios, San Miguel, El Salvador
Date:21 June 1970
Died:24 March 1980(1980-03-24) (aged 62), Chapel of Hospital de la Divina Providencia, San Salvador, El Salvador
Motto:Sentire cum ecclesia, (Latin for 'To feel with the Church')
Place:Rome, Italy
Buried:Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador, San Salvador
Church:Catholic Church
History:HistoryPriestly ordinationDate4 April 1942PlaceRome, ItalyEpiscopal consecrationPrincipal consecratorGirolamo PrigioneCo-consecratorsLuis Chávez y González and Arturo Rivera y DamasDate21 June 1970, 4 April 1942, Rome, Italy, Girolamo Prigione, Luis Chávez y González and Arturo Rivera y Damas, 21 June 1970
Appointed:3 February 1977
Beatified:23 May 2015, Plaza El Salvador de Mundo, San Salvador, El Salvador, by Angelo Amato, representing Pope Francis
Canonized:14 October 2018, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City, by Pope Francis
Feast day:24 March
Installed:22 February 1977
Patronage:Christian communicators, , El Salvador, , The Americas, , Archdiocese of San Salvador, , Persecuted Christians, , Caritas International (co-patron), Cainta, Rizal, Philippines (Quasi-Parish)
Successor:Arturo Rivera y Damas
Attributes:Episcopal vestments, Crown of martyrdom, Martyr's palm, Rosary
Ordination:4 April 1942
Term ended:24 March 1980
Archdiocese:San Salvador
Other posts:Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, , Titular Bishop of Tambeae, , Bishop of Santiago de María